Les grands Polychelida à carapace arrondie du Jurassique moyen du Lagerstätte de La Voulte-sur-Rhône : clarifications taxonomiques

  • Audo, Denis
  • Schweigert, Günter
Publication date
May 2018
Publisher
Museum National dHistoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Abstract

International audiencePolychelidan lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda) are abundant in the celebrated Middle Jurassic (Callovian)Lagerstätte of La Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). Among them, Eryon giganteus Van Straelen, 1923,is recognized by its large, rounded carapace. The generic assignment of this species has been particularlycomplicated, with many conflicting assignments proposed since the first description of the species. Thepresent study reinvestigates E. giganteus following the rediscovery of its lectotype. Careful examinationsreveal that the type material is composite: the lectotype belongs to a species of eryonid that wasdescribed recently as Cycleryon romani Audo, Schweigert, Saint Martin & Charbonnier, 2014, and isquite rare (six...

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