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  2. New Eocene Crayfish from the McAbee Beds in British Columbia: First Record of Parastacoidea in the Northern Hemisphere
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Abstract

Description of a new genus and species of crayfish from the Eocene McAbee beds in southern British Columbia, Canada, marks the first occurrence of Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879, in the Northern Hemisphere. The superfamily is widely distributed in modern aquatic environments in the Southern Hemisphere, except in Africa and Antarctica, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, and South America in the fossil record. The occurrence of a single species in the Eocene of North America suggests a Cretaceous or Paleogene dispersal from the Southern Hemisphere through eastern Asia. Remarkable preservation of the specimens reveals traces of muscles, the endophragmal skeleton, and the intestinal tract.
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Article
Identifier(s)
10.1651/10-3399.1
Publication Date
2011-01-01
Publication Title
Journal of Crustacean Biology
Volume
31
Issue
2
First Page
320
Last Page
331
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Department of Earth Sciences
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Feldmann, R., Schweitzer, C., & Leahy, J. (2011). New Eocene Crayfish from the McAbee Beds in British Columbia: First Record of Parastacoidea in the Northern Hemisphere (1–). Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1651/10-3399.1
Feldmann, Rodney, Carrie Schweitzer, and John Leahy. 2011. “New Eocene Crayfish from the McAbee Beds in British Columbia: First Record of Parastacoidea in the Northern Hemisphere”. Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1651/10-3399.1.
Feldmann, Rodney, et al. New Eocene Crayfish from the McAbee Beds in British Columbia: First Record of Parastacoidea in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 1 Jan. 2011, https://doi.org/10.1651/10-3399.1.