Palmunidopsis muelleri Fraaije, 2014a

Wallaard, Jonathan J. W., Fraaije, René H. B., Van Bakel, Barry W. M., Jagt, John W. M. & Müller, Pál M., 2023, Miocene decapod crustacean faunas from Cyprus - Part 1. Geographical-stratigraphical setting and Anomura, Palaeontologia Electronica (a 38) 26 (3), pp. 1-14 : 7

Palmunidopsis muelleri Fraaije, 2014a

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2014a Palmunidopsis muelleri Fraaije , page 235, plate 1.

Material. A carapace with pereiopod fragments (MAB13686, holotype, old collection number MAB k. 3284), and two incomplete carapaces and fragments of pereiopods (MAB839, paratype, old collection number MAB k. 3285) from Maroni.

Locality and stratigraphy. Maroni; Koronia Member (Pakhna Formation, late Serravallian-early Messinian).

Remarks. The occurrence of this shallow-marine munidopsid in the Upper Miocene of Cyprus just prior to the desiccation of the Mediterranean Sea, suggests that this species was probably able to adapt and migrate from deep to very shallow-marine environments within a geologically short time span ( Fraaije, 2014a).

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FIGURE 7. Carapace of Palmunidopsis muelleri, holotype (MAB13686). Scale bar is 2 mm.