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A NEW CARCINERETID CRAB (UPPER TURONIAN, CRETACEOUS) OF COLOMBIA

¹ Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, rfeldman{at}kent.edu
² Ecopetrol Bogota, Bogota, Colombia, tvillami{at}ecopetrol.com.co

A single large specimen of carcineretid crab from the Cretaceous Puerto Romero unit of Colombia constitutes the basis for a new species, Ophthalmoplax triambonatus. A re-diagnosis of the Carcineretidae results in the assignment of five genera to the family: Carcineretes Withers, 1922; Branchiocarcinus Vega, Feldmann, and Sour-Tovar, 1995; Mascaranada Vega and Feldmann, 1991; Ophthalmoplax Rathbun, 1935; and Woodbinax Stenzel, 1952. The cross-sectional profile of O. triambonatus suggests that it was a back-burrower, rather than an active swimmer.

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