Decapod assemblage from the late Miocene (early-middle Messinian) of the Romagna Apennines nearby Brisighella, Emilia-Romagna (N Italy) Author Pasini, Giovanni Author Garassino, Alessandro Author Sami, Marco text Natural History Sciences 2019 2019-03-18 6 1 27 32 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2019.394 journal article 304194 10.4081/nhs.2019.394 95e43ef3-94c3-4bb9-8ec6-aed169772370 2385-0922 12523847 Family, genus and species indet. Fig. 3C Material and measurements : One small carapace in dorsal view (MSF 2316 – lcxp: 3 mm , wcxp: 3 mm ). Discussion . The studied specimen shows some general dorsal proxy characters that do not seem to fit into any brachyuran described to date, such as the great development of the undifferentiated branchial regions and single posterior smooth transversal ridge. However, the tiny size of the carapace (most probably an immature individual) and the poorly preserved frontal and anterolateral margins do not allow close comparisons. Therefore, the specimen is simply assigned to the Brachyura in a generic way.