Afroapseudes cretacicus Pasini, Vega & Garassino 2022

Taxonomy

Tanaid

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Malacostraca Latreille 1802
Order: Tanaidacea Dana, 1849
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Afroapseudes
Species: Afroapseudes cretacicus
Author Citation Pasini, Vega & Garassino 2022

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Cenomanian / Turonian

Stratigraphy

"Continental intercalaire" Group
Akrabou Formation

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 8 mm

Location

Gara es Sbâa
Tafraoute
Tiznit Province
Morocco

• afroapseudes
• akrabou formation
• cretaceous
• gara es sbâa
• morocco
• tff-oilshale-ar1366

Comments

Taxonomy from Pasini et al., 2022.

Diagnosis from Pasini et al., 2022: "Body elongate, slightly narrowing posteriorly; sub-pentagonal carapace wider than long and sub-triangular rostrum; eyes rounded, apparently without peduncle; antennulae base rectangular elongate; pereon longer but narrow than carapace; pereonites similar in width and size each than other; P1-P6 with wrinkled furrows dorsally; sub-rectangular P1 and P2 with convex lateral margins and dorsolateral vaults; sub-trapezoidal P3-P6 with convex lateral margins and posterior marginal lateral process; P-1-P-2 elongate meri, slightly longer than combined carpus plus propodus with short, curved fossorial dactylus; pleon narrower than pereon and 2.8 times shorter than pereon; P11-P15 narrow than pereonites, all similar in size and shape, wider than long with acute lateral margins; elongate pleotelson narrower than P11-P15."
Line drawing from Pasini et al, 2022:

Identified by oilshale.
References:
Pasini, G., Vega, F. J., Garassino,A., (2022): A new genus and species of Tanaidacea (Crustacea, Apseudomorpha) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) of Gara Sbaa, southeastern Morocco: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 74 (2), A290622. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/ BSGM2022v74n2a290622.