Archaeocypoda veronensis Secretan, 1975

Archaeocypoda veronensis Secretan, 1975: 363, figs 21, 22, pl. 23, fig. 2, pls 24, 25.

REMARKS

The status of this species from the Early Eocene of Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätten, Italy (Secretan 1975: 363-369, figs 21, 22, pl. 23, fig. 2, pls 24, 25) (see De Angeli & Garassino 2006: 79), has been fully revised with numerous figures by Pasini et al. (2019b: 253, fig. 12). Casadío et al. (2005: 175) stated that it was not an ocypodid and suggested that it might be a member of the Dorippidae . Subsequently Schweitzer et al. (2010: 79) and Schweitzer et al. (2021: 1, fig. 1.2) included it in the Dorippidae, while Pasini et al. (2019b: 255) preferred to consider it as a ‘doubtful dorippid’. Figures of the holotype and paratypes (Giusberti et al. 2014: fig. 6d; Pasini et al. 2019b: fig. 12; Schweitzer et al. 2021: fig. 1.2) show crabs with an unreduced P4 and a poorly or not at all reduced P5, which excludes Archaeocypoda veronensis from being a dorippid. The hypothesis that at least part of this material could be an ethusid (only P5 reduced) is to be considered. See literature in Sasaki (2019: 7771).