Pleolobites erinaceous Remy, 1960

Schweitzer, Carrie E. & Feldmann, Rodney M., 2010, New fossil decapod crustaceans from the Remy Collection, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Geodiversitas 32 (3), pp. 399-415 : 410-412

Pleolobites erinaceous Remy, 1960 ( Fig. 2E, F )

Pleolobites erinaceous Remy, 1960: 59 , text-figs 4, 5; figs 10, 11 of the plate. — Glaessner 1969: R513, fig. 321.3. — Karasawa et al. 2008: 101.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype ( MNHN R03782, coll. Tessier); paratypes, 12 specimens ( MNHN R03781, coll. Tessier).

OCCURRENCE. — Eocene of Fresco, Ivory Coast ( Remy 1960).

TYPE LOCALITY. — Probable Eocene rocks on the seacliff below Laga-Ghirobo hill, near Fresco, Ivory Coast, Africa ( Remy 1960).

DISCUSSION

Karasawa et al. (2008) distinguished Pleolobites from the similar Rhachiosoma Woodward, 1871 . They also noted the undocumented specimen in BSP indicating a Paleocene age for the genus and species.However, because the only well-documented material for Pleolobites erinaceous , the sole species of the genus, is indicated as Eocene, we can only regard it as Eocene at this time.

Subclass HOPLOCARIDA Calman, 1904 Order STOMATOPODA Latreille, 1817 Suborder UNIPELTATA Latreille, 1825

Figures

FIG. 2. — Fossil Brachyura from Monségur (Gironde, France): A, Planobranchia simplex (Remy, 1960) n. comb., cast of holotype, MNHN R03839,dorsal carapace;B,Planobranchia laevis (Lőrenthey,1909) n. comb.,cast of holotype,IMDASlf.Nr.25520/2005 (dorsal carapace); C, Branchioplax? ballingi Remy in Remy & Tessier, 1954, cast of holotype, MNHN R03793, fragmental dorsal carapace; D, Liocarcinus heintzi n. sp., holotype, R03778, dorsal carapace; E, F, Pleolobites erinaceous Remy, 1960, casts of holotype, MNHN R03782 (E), and MNHN R03781 (F). Scale bars: 1 cm.