A new caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones of Schernfeld (South Germany)
A new genus and species of caridean shrimps, Occultocaris frattigianii nov. gen. et sp., is described from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones of Schernfeld near Eichstatt (Lower Tithonian, Hybonotum Zone). It differs from other genera of carideans primarily in the armature of the rostrum in combination with the shape of the chelae of the first and second pereiopods.
Revision of the fossil crustacean Blaculla brevipes, and description of a new caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Lithographic Limestones of Schernfeld (Germany)
The validity and synonymy of Blaculla brevipes cannot be established beyond doubt, and thus the name is considered a nomen dubium. Subsequently, a new species of caridean shrimp, Blaculla haugi nov. sp., is described from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen lithographic limestones of Schernfeld near Eichstatt (Lower Tithonian, Hybonotum Zone). The new species differs from the other members in the genus Blaculla mainly with regard to the armature of the rostrum and shape of the chelae of the first pereiopods, as well as in the overall-habitus.
I.—On some Fossil Prawns from the Osborne Beds of the Isle of Wight
Through the intervention of my friend Mr. William Whitaker, F.R.S., I, some time ago, received from Mr. G. W. Colenutt, F.G.S., of Hanway Lodge, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 26 small slabs of Osborne clay, on which are preserved, in a more or less good state (generally less), a series of prawns and small shrimp-like Crustaceans, collected by him from the Oligocene strata, Chapelcorner Copse, between King's Quay and Wootton Creek, just to the west of the Boat-house, on the shore below Binstead House; also on the shore below Ryde House, and immediately to the south-east of Sea View Pier; where (especially at Chapelcorner Copse) extremely interesting exposures of the Osborne Beds may be seen and studied, between the base of the cliff and low-water mark (see p. 99).