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Afroapseudes cretacicus Pasini, Vega & Garassino 2022
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By oilshale
Taxonomy
Tanaid
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Malacostraca Latreille 1802
Order: Tanaidacea Dana, 1849
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Afroapseudes
Species: Afroapseudes cretacicus
Author Citation Pasini, Vega & Garassino 2022
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Cenomanian / Turonian
Stratigraphy
"Continental intercalaire" Group
Akrabou Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 8 mm
Location
Gara es Sbâa
Tafraoute
Tiznit Province
Morocco
Comments
Taxonomy from Pasini et al., 2022.
Diagnosis from Pasini et al., 2022: "Body elongate, slightly narrowing posteriorly; sub-pentagonal carapace wider than long and sub-triangular rostrum; eyes rounded, apparently without peduncle; antennulae base rectangular elongate; pereon longer but narrow than carapace; pereonites similar in width and size each than other; P1-P6 with wrinkled furrows dorsally; sub-rectangular P1 and P2 with convex lateral margins and dorsolateral vaults; sub-trapezoidal P3-P6 with convex lateral margins and posterior marginal lateral process; P-1-P-2 elongate meri, slightly longer than combined carpus plus propodus with short, curved fossorial dactylus; pleon narrower than pereon and 2.8 times shorter than pereon; P11-P15 narrow than pereonites, all similar in size and shape, wider than long with acute lateral margins; elongate pleotelson narrower than P11-P15."
Line drawing from Pasini et al, 2022:
Identified by oilshale.
References:
Pasini, G., Vega, F. J., Garassino,A., (2022): A new genus and species of Tanaidacea (Crustacea, Apseudomorpha) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) of Gara Sbaa, southeastern Morocco: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 74 (2), A290622. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/ BSGM2022v74n2a290622.
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