First record of a polychelid lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda: Coleiidae) from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Germany

Resumen

A single specimen of
Coleia brodiei (Woodward, 1866) preserved in a limestone concretion
is recorded from the early Pliensbachian Davoei Zone of
north-western Germany. It represents the first record of polychelid
lobsters from the Pliensbachian of Central Europe and expands the
still poorly known palaebiogeographic distribution of this species,
previously recorded only from England. This species inhabited
littoral, soft-bottom environments in the Sub-boreal Jurassic
Sea.