• Corpus ID: 16515771

THE EOCENE DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN FAUNA OF THE " MAIN " QUARRY IN ARZIGNANO ( VICENZA-NE ITALY ) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF RANINIDAE

@inproceedings{Beschin2011THEED,
  title={THE EOCENE DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN FAUNA OF THE " MAIN " QUARRY IN ARZIGNANO ( VICENZA-NE ITALY ) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF RANINIDAE},
  author={Claudio Beschin and Alessandra Busulini and Antonio De Angeli and Giuliano Tessier},
  year={2011}
}

• Claudio Beschin, Alessandra Busulini, +1 author Giuliano Tessier
• Published 2011
• Biology

The Eocene crustacean fauna found in the "Main" quarry of Arzignano (Vicenza NE Italy) has been studied for twenty years and the number of species is still increasing. Up to now the known species are 53 and belong to 20 families: Callianassidae, Albuneidae, Diogenidae, Dromiidac, Dynomenidae, Raninidae, Calappidae, Hepatidae, Majidae, Dairidae, Parthenopidae, Retroplumidae, Cheiragonidae, Portunidae, Carpiliidae, Goneplacidae, Pilumnidae, Xanthidae, Palicidae and Grapsidae. The new discovery of a very well preserved specimen of great size has allowed the creation of Lophoranina maxima sp. nov. and a better placement of the specimens previously known as L. cf. reussi. The new species is characterized by the number and the distribution of the transverse ridges on the dorsal surface of carapace and the shape and distribution of the little spines on the ridges which vary in the different phases of growth. The genus Lophoranina is widely spread in the Eocene deposits of Veneto. The great size of the studied specimen let us say that L. maxima sp. nov. is the greatest fossil Raninidae that has ever been found.