Squilla taulinanus n. sp. (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Squillidae) from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of Taulignan, south-eastern France

Resumen

Mantis shrimps
(Crustacea: Stomatopoda) are rather rare in the fossil record.
Nineteen species have been assigned to Squillidae, of which 12
species have been recorded from the Miocene. We describe herein a
squillid, Squilla taulinanus n. sp., from the Miocene of Taulignan,
south-eastern France. The exceptionally well-preserved specimen is
remarkable in apparently having abdominal somites 5–6 conjoined;
such somatic abnormality is rare in stomatopods. A taxonomic
reassessment of the fossil species assigned to Squilla is
provided.