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A new species of Paranephrops White, 1842: A fossil freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Manuherikia Group (Miocene), Central Otago, New Zealand

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Pages 163-167 | Received 22 Jul 1993, Accepted 13 Oct 1993, Published online: 23 Mar 2010
 

Abstract

Discovery of a single specimen of fossil freshwater crayfish from the Miocene Dunstan Formation in Central Otago, New Zealand, permits description of Paranephrops fordycei n. sp. The specimen, a nearly entire molted carapace and abdomen, represents the first occurrence of this genus, and the family Parastacidae, in the fossil record.

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