A revision of the Palaeocorystoidea and the phylogeny of raninoidian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) 3215
Author
Van Bakel, Barry W. M.
Author
Guinot, Danièle
Author
Artal, Pedro
Author
Fraaije, René H. B.
Author
Jagt, John W. M.
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Zootaxa
2012
2012-02-29
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3215.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3215.1.1
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Genus
Heus
Bishop & Williams, 2000
Heus
Bishop & Williams, 2000: 290
.
Type
species.
Heus foersteri
Bishop & Williams, 2000
.
Remarks.
Only the carapace of
Heus foersteri
(see
Bishop & Williams 2000: 290
, fig. 4), from the upper Campanian of
South Dakota
and
Colorado
,
U.S.A.
, is preserved. This reveals a unique set of characters: rostrum broad and narrow, strongly sulcate, with a keel that extending onto the carapace; oval swellings on epigastric and protogastric regions; cervical groove discernible; lateral margins with but a single, diminutive spine. These characters distinguish it easily from
Bournelyreidus
n. gen.
Re-examination of the
type
series of
B.
?
oaheensis
(see above) is needed to decide if it might also be better accommodated in
Heus
.
The wide carapace, with clearly concave posterior (divergent) portions of the posterolateral margins, weakly armoured anterolateral margin, and swellings on the anterior carapace surface are somewhat similar to the configuration in
Symethis
Weber, 1795
(see below). The orbitofrontal construction, however, makes its placement in the
Lyreidinae
more likely.