Abstract

ANGELI, Antonio De  and  GARASSINO, Alessandro. New report of fossil crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the late Eocene of San Feliciano Hill (Orgiano, Monti Berici, Vicenza, NE Italy). Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex [online]. 2021, vol.73, n.3, 00002.  Epub Jan 31, 2022. ISSN 1405-3322.  https://doi.org/10.18268/bsgm2021v73n3a120221.

The rich decapod assemblage from the late Eocene of San Feliciano hill (Orgiano, Monti Berici, Vicenza, NE Italy) was partially recorded by De Angeli and Garassino (2002, 2014). Herein, two new crabs, Bericirinia bretoni n. gen., n. sp. (Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838) and Orgianocarcinus bericus n. gen., n. sp. (Dairidae Ng and Rodriguez, 1986) are reported from San Feliciano Hill, located in Monti Berici, Orgiano. Moreover, two well-preserved specimens assigned to Actaeites lobatus Müller and Collins, 1991 (Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838, incertae sedis) allowed to add some morphological characters to the original description of the holotype, lacking the fronto-orbital margin.

Keywords : Crustacea; Decapoda; Brachyura; Epialtidae; Dairidae; Xanthoidea; taxonomy; late Eocene; Italy.