Validation of Enoploclytia tepeyacensis Vega, Garassino, & Zapata-Jaime (Crustacea: Decapoda: Erymidae) from the Cretaceous (Campanian) of Mexico
Author
Vega, Francisco J.
Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México DF 04510, Mexico
Author
Garassino, Alessandro
Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Paleontologia, Corso Venezia 55, I- 20121 Milán, Italia
Author
Zapata-Jaime, Régulo
Riva Palacio 270, zona centro, 26700 Sabinas Coahuila, Mexico
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Zootaxa
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2023-07-12
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5315.5.9
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5315.5.9
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Enoploclytia tepeyacensis
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 1A–D
)
Enoploclytia tepeyacensis
Vega, Garassino & Zapata-Jaime
in
Vega
et al
. 2013: 209–211
, figs. 2 [unavailable].
Type material.
HOLOTYPE
: MUZ-824, carapace preserving dorsal surface, carapace length
96.8 mm
, width
53.2 mm
, height
44.2 mm
, early
Campanian
beds of the
Austin Group
(Dessau Formation) near
Jiménez
,
Coahuila
, NE
Mexico
.
PARATYPE
: MUZ-825, carapace preserving only left side, length
65.9 mm
, height
32.1 mm
, same locality as holotype.
Diagnosis.
Carapace elongate and cylindrical; deep cervical groove, gently inclined, intercepting dorsal margin at an angle of
ca
. 60°; dorsal midline of the carapace without intercalated plate; deep, very reduced gastro-orbital groove; deep, sinuous postcervical groove, intercepting dorsal margin at an angle of
ca
. 50°; deep, very short branchiocardiac groove, not joining postcervical groove, not extending ventrally below mid-height, intercepting dorsal margin at an angle of
ca
. 60°; deep hepatic groove, strongly convex ventrally at intersection with postcervical groove and strongly concave dorsally at intersection with cervical groove; deep inferior groove strongly convex posteriorly; all regions of the carapace covered dorsally with strong tubercles, becoming reduced in size ventrally.
FIGURE 1.
Enoploclytia tepeyacensis
sp. nov.
:
A–C, holotype MUZ-824; D, paratype MUZ-825. A, dorsal view of carapace; B, left side of carapace; C, right side of carapace; D, left side of carapace, early Campanian beds of the Austin Group (Dessau Formation) near Jiménez, Coahuila, NE Mexico. Scale bars = 1 cm.
Etymology.
The trivial name alludes to El Tepeyac area,
Coahuila
, where the Mexican specimens were discovered.
Remarks.
A full description and figures of
Enoploclytia tepeyacensis
, and stratigraphic account are given by
Vega
et al
. (2013)
.