STUDIES ON THE NEOGENE CRABS FROM SOUTH-WESTERN FOOT HILLS OF TAIWAN

The present report describes 29 species of crab fossils. They are 2 new species, 3 living fossils, and 24 species published elsewhere by Hu and Tao (1996, 2000). The new and the living fossil species are: Randallia jingomao, sp. nov., Ommatocarcinus sankuei sp. nov., Ranilia misakiensis (Sakai), Leucosia obtusifrons de Haan, and Maerophthalmus convexus Stimpson. The studied material were collected from Yunlin, Nantou, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsung Prefectures. Their lithostratigraphic units are: Kuechulin, Shihemen, Shingken, Leuchung-Chi, Kanshialio, and Takangshan limestone and formations. Their geologic age rangs from middle Miocene to Pleistonce and the strata are serially distributed from north to southern of South-Western Foot-hills of Taiwan.

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