New species of Cretaceous Porcelain crab from Vancouver Island

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Cretaceous Porcelain Crab

 

Petrolisthes landsendi new species

 

Late Cretaceous (Comox/Haslam Formation)

 

Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

 

Donated to the Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347129633_A_new_species_of_Petrolisthes_STIMPSON_1858_Anomura_Porcellanidae_from_the_Upper_Cretaceous_upper_Santonian_of_Vancouver_Island_Canada

 

It was determined that this fossil specimen collected by me and formerly residing in my collection was potentially a new species. After sending the specimen to Torrey Nyborg for examination, it was confirmed to be a new species of Porcelain crab from the late Cretaceous of Southern Vancouver Island. This new species was determined to be the "oldest species of Petrolisthes Stimpson, 1858 and is the first species from the northeastern Pacific".

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Jolly good show! 

Well done, sir. 

Lovely fossil too. 

[FossilNerd]

Congrats and well done! 

[FossilDAWG]

 

Good to see you back on the Forum!

 

Don

[JohnJ]

Outstanding!  Congratulations!  

[digit]

Very nice! Another win for science!

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Coco]

Bravo !

 

Coco