Open AccessNew nephropid lobster (Decapoda: Astacidea) from the late Campanian of California; extending the range of Pacific coastal fossil lobster occurrences
Author(s) -
Rodney M. Feldmann,
Carrie E. Schweitzer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
boletín de la sociedad geológica mexicana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1405-3322
DOI - 10.18268/bsgm2021v73n3a241220
Subject(s) - cretaceous , range (aeronautics) , oceanography , decapoda , american lobster , fishery , geology , paleontology , crustacean , homarus , biology , materials science , composite material
Two well preserved specimens of nephropid lobster from the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) Point Loma Formation in San Diego County, California, form the basis of description of a new species of Hoploparia. The occurrence represents the southernmost fossil record of macrurans along the Pacific coast of North America and it is only the third fossil lobster from California.