A revision of the Palaeocorystoidea and the phylogeny of raninoidian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) 3215
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Van Bakel, Barry W. M.
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Guinot, Danièle
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Artal, Pedro
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Fraaije, René H. B.
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Jagt, John W. M.
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Cenomanocarcinus inflatus
Van Straelen, 1936
(
Fig. 18A, D
)
Material examined.
Dorsal carapace, upper Cenomanian, Butte de Gazonfier, Le Mans,
France
(
MNHN
J08587
[see
Van Straelen 1936
: pl. 4, fig. 8];
MAB
k. 2968 represents a cast); dorsal carapace, same provenance (
MNHN
R05504, the original of A. Milne-Edwards
in
Guillier 1886: 244
); dorsal carapaces, same provenance (
MHN
LM 3804,
MHN
LM 3806).
Remarks.
Specimen MNHN
J08587
(
Fig. 18A, D
) was illustrated by
Van Straelen (1936
: pl. 4, fig. 8) as ‘topotype’. The name proposed by A. Milne-Edwards in
Guillier (1886)
, was a
nomen nudum
because a diagnosis was not given.
Van Straelen (1936: 37
, 38) stated that the type (A. Milne-Edwards’ original) was probably in the MNHN palaeontological collections. This specimen was designated
lectotype
by
Breton & Collins (2007: 18)
. MNHN
J08587
is, however, a carapace from the Hébert Collection (Collections de la Sorbonne), whereas the original of A. Milne-Edwards bears registration number MNHN R05504. The latter is considered here the
holotype
, of
C. inflatus
(see
ICZN 1999
, Art. 73.1.1), and
Van Straelen (1936)
as the author of the taxon, because he was the first to present a diagnosis, retaining the name suggested earlier by A. Milne-Edwards in
Guillier (1886)
. The
lectotype
designation by
Breton & Collins (2007)
is therefore invalid.