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BESCHIN C., BUSULINI A., DE ANGELI A., TESSIER G. (1988) - Raninidae del Terziario berico-lessineo (Italia settentrionale). Lavori Soc.ven.Sci.nat., 13: 155-215, 11 tt.

Raninidae qf the Tertiary in the Berico-Lessinea area. (N. Italy).

Abstract: After having treated some systematic problems, concerning the family Raninidae de Haan, 1841, recently discovered material is described. It includes seven new species (Cosmonotus eocaenicus n.sp., Cyrtorhina globosa n. sp., C. oblonga n. sp., Laeviranina pulchra n. sp,, Notopoides exiguus n. sp. , Notosceles arzignanensis n. sp., Ranilia punctulata n. sp.). Fossils of the genera Cosmonotus and Cyrtorhina are described for the first time.

(key words: Crustacea, Raninidae, Taxonomy, Eocene, Northern Italy).

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DE ANGELI A. (1995) - Crostacei dell'Eocene superiore di "Fontanella" di Grancona (Vicenza - Italia settentrionale). Studi e Ricerche - Assoc. Amici Mus. civ. "G.Zannato" - Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza): 7-24, 2 tt.

Upper Eocene Crustacea fauna from "Fontanella" in Grancona (Vicenza - Northern Italy).

Abstract: The crustacea fauna of Upper Eocene age coming from "Fontanella" in Grancona (Vicenza) is described; 9 species are as follows: Callianassa sp., Ctenocheles sp., Petrochirus sp., Lophoranina reussi (Woodward), Dromilites hilarionis (Bittner), Periacanthus horridus Bittner, Montezumella elegans (Lörenthey & Beurlen), Palaeocarpilius macrochelus (Desmarest), Palaeograpsus inflatus Bittner.

(key words: Arthropoda, Crustacea, Upper Eocene, Northern Italy)

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MARANGON S., DE ANGELI A. (1997) – Cherpiocarcinus, nuovo genere di brachiuro (Decapoda) dell’ Oligocene del bacino ligure-piemontese (Italia settentrionale). Lavori Soc.ven.Sc.nat., 22: 97-106, 1 t.

Cherpiocarcinus, a new genus of Brachyura (Decapoda) from Oligocene of Northern Italy.

Abstract: The new genus Cherpiocarcinus (type species: Cherpiocarcinus rostratus sp. nov.) a crab from the Oligocene (Rupelian) of Northern Italy, is described and figured. It is morphologically related to Necrocarcinus tricarinatus Bell, 1863, but differs for the particular ornamentation of the carapace.

(key words: Crustacea, Brachyura, Calappidae, Taxonomy, Oligocene, Northern ltaly)

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BESCHIN C., BUSULINI A., DE ANGELI A., TESSIER G., UNGARO S. (1991) - Due nuovi generi di Raninidae dell'Eocene del Veneto (Italia). Lavori Soc.ven.Sci.nat.,16:187-212, 5 tt.

Two new genera of Raninidae of the Eocene of the Venetia (Italy).

Abstract: Two new genera of fossil Raninidae are described, namely Lianira n. gen. with its two species L. beschini n. sp. and L. convexa n. sp. and Lovarina n. gen. with L. cristata n. sp.. All these forms have been found in Eocene strata in the Valle del Chiampo (VI).
A micropaleontological study has been accomplished about them; this has led to palaeoecological considerations and above all has brought to determine with greater precision their age. The layers in which Lianira beschini and Lovarina cristata have been discovered, have been attributed to the Turborotalia c. frontosa zone of the basal part of the Lutetian; those with Lianira convexa to the Nummulites beneharnensis zone of the Middle Lutetian. The foraminiferal associations were peculiar to a shallow and warm sea.

(key words: Crustacea, Raninidae, taxonomy, biostratigraphy, Eocene, N. Italy).

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DE ANGELI A., BESCHIN C. (1998) – Cerronectes, nuovo genere di brachiuro (Crustacea, Decapoda) dell’Eocene di Ungheria e Italia. Lavori Soc.ven.Sc.nat., 23: 87- 91, 1 f.

Ceronnectes, new genus of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Eocene of Hungary and Italy.

Abstract: The new genus Ceronnectes, with Cancer boeckhi Lörenthey, 1897 a type species, is erected.

(key words: Crustacea, Brachyura, Portunidae, Eocene, Northern Italy)

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DE ANGELI A., MARANGON S. (1992) – Necronectes schafferi Glaessner nel Miocene della Sardegna (Italia). Lavori Soc. ven. Sc. nat., 17: 175-182, 2tt.

Necronectes schafferi Glaessner, of Miocene from Sardinia, ltaly.

Abstract: Fossil crab Necronectes schafferi Glaessner, discovered from the first time in Sardinia (ltaly), is reported and described. The age of the deposit is probably the Middle Miocene.

(key words: Crustacea, Brachyura, Portunidae, Miocene, Sardegna, Italy)

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BESCHIN C., DE ANGELI A.(1984) - Nuove forme fossili di Anomura Hippidea: Albunea cuisiana sp.n. e Albunea lutetiana sp.n. Lavori Soc. ven. Sc. nat., 9: 93-105, t.2.


New fossil forms of Anomura Hippidea: Albunea cuisiana sp. n. and Albunea lutetiana sp. n. (Crustacea).

Abstract: Fossils crustaceans ascribed to the family of the Albuneidae (Anomura, Hippidea), which until now has been represented only by the Oligocene fragments of the genus Blepharipoda, are fully described and illustrated. The specimens come from the Middle Eocene vulcanites of the Valley of Chiampo (Eastern Lessini, N.E. Italy).

(key words: Crustacea, Anomura, Albunidae, Eocene, Northern Italy)

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DE ANGELI A., MESSINA V. (1996) – Pseudosquilla berica nuova specie di Stomatopoda del Terziario veneto (Italia settentrionale) Studi e Ricerche - Assoc. Amici Mus. civ. "G. Zannato" - Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza): 5-10, 1 t.


Pseudosquilla berica, new species of stomatopoda from Venetia, (ltaly)

Abstract: New species of Crustacea Stomatopoda: Pseudosquilla berica sp. nov. discovered in the Tertiary deposit (Middle Oligocene) in Mts. Berici (Vicenza, Northem Italy), is described and figured.

(key words: Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Oligocene, Northern Italy)

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DE ANGELI A. (1997) – Lysiosquilla messinae, nuova specie di crostaceo stomatopode del Terziario di Vicenza,(Nord Italia). Studi e Ricerche - Assoc. Amici Mus. civ. "G. Zannato" - Montecchio Maggiore: 23-26, 1 f.


Abstract: A new species of stomatopod Crustacean, Lysiosquilla messinae sp. nov., from the Lower Oligocene of the Mts. Berici (Vicenza, Northern Italy) is described.

(key words: Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Lysiosquillidae, Oligocene, N. Italy)

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BESCHIN C., BUSULINI A., DE ANGELI A., TESSIER G. (1985) - Il genere Micromaia Bittner (Crustacea, Decapoda) nel Terziario dell'area dei Berici e dei Lessini, con descrizione di tre nuove specie. Lavori Soc. ven. Sci. nat., 10: 97-119, 4 tt.

Genus Micromaia Bittner (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the Tertiary of' Berici and Lessini area. Description of three new species.

Abstract: After general considerations on the genus Micromaia Bittner, with a particular reference to systematic problems, the species belonging to this genus found in the Berici and Lessini zones are dealt with. Three new species (M. elegans, M. mainensis, M meneguzzoi) are described apart from the already known M. tuberculata, M margaritata, M. priabonensis. Moreover, the description of Micromaia sp. coming from Valmarana (Vicenza), makes it possible to widen the stratigraphic distribution of the genus to the uppermost Middle Oligocene.

(key words: Crustacea, Brachyura, Majidae, Tertiary, Northern Italy)

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1 - Micromaia tuberculata Bittner, 1875
2 - Micromaia sp.
3 - Micromaia margaritata Fabiani, 1910
4 - Micromaia mainensis Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli, Tessier, 1985
5 - Micromaia meneguzzoi Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli, Tessier, 1985
6 - Micromaia priabonensis Oppenheim 1901
7 - Micromaia elegans Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli, Tessier, 1985
DE ANGELI A., MESSINA V. (1992) – Upogebia perarolensis nuova specie di crostaceo del Terziario del Veneto (Italia). Lavori Soc. ven. Sc. nat., 17: 183-191, 2tt.


Upogebia perarolensis, a new species of Tertiary crab from Venetia (ltaly).

Abstract: A new species of Crustacea Anomura: Upogebia perarolensis n. sp., discovered in the Tertiary deposits (Middle Oligocene) in Mts. Berici (Vicenza, Northern Italy), is described and figured.

(key words: Crustacea, Macrura, Upogebiidae, Oligocene, Northern Italy)

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BESCHIN C., BUSULINI A., DE ANGELI A., TESSIER G. (1994) - I Crostacei eocenici della cava "Boschetto" di Nogarole Vicentino (Vicenza - Italia Settentrionale). Lavori Soc.ven.Sci.nat.,19: 159-215, 11

Eocene Crustacea from “Boschetto” quarry in Nogarole Vicentino (Vicenza - Northern Italy).

Abstract: The rich Crustacea fauna of Early and Middle Lutetian age coming from “Boschetto” quarry in Nogarole Vicentino (Vicenza) is described 33 species belonging to 23 genera are described and illustred. One genus (Nogarolia) and five species (Calappilia gemmata, Hepatiscus minimus, Miithracia margaritifera, Nogarolia mirabilis, Stevea cesarii) are new. Pagurus c.f mezi Lörenthey, Eocalcinus eocenicus Via, Noetlingia claudiopolitana (Bittner), Laeviranina budapestiniensis (Lörenthey), Phlyctenodes steinmanni Lörenthey, Coeloma (Paracoeloma) sp., Palaeograpsus lóczyanus Lörenthey are recorded for the first time from Italy. The affinities existing between Spanish, Italian and Hungarian Crustacea fauna are confirrned.

(key words: Crustacea, Anomura Brachyura, Taxonorny, Eocene, N. Italy)

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BUSULINI A., TESSIER G., VISENTIN M. (1984) - Titanocarcinus aculeatus nuova specie di Brachiuro dell'Eocene del Veneto (Crustacea, Decapoda). Lavori Soc.ven.Sc.nat., 9: 107-117, 3 tt.

Titanocarcinus aculeatus, a new species of the Eocene crab from Venetia.

Abstract: Titanocarcinus aculeatus n. sp. from the Middle Eocene levels of Cava Main (Arzignano - Vicenza, Northern Italy) is described and compared with other species of the same genus particularly with the Eocene ones.

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BESCHIN C., BUSULINI A., DE ANGELI A., TESSIER G., UNGARO S. (1996/1998) – Crostacei eocenici di “Cava Rossi” presso Monte di Malo (Vicenza – Italia settentrionale). Stud.trent.Sci.nat.Acta geol., 73:7-34, 17 ff.

Eocene Crustacea fauna from the "Rossi Quarry " at Monte di Malo ('Vicenza - Northern Italy).

Abstact: The rich crustacean fauna of Early and Middle Eocene age from three levels in the "Rossi Quarry" at Monte di Malo (Vicenza) is described. One species of Anomura (Ctenocheles sp.) and 13 species of Brachyura belonging to 9 genera (Typilobus semseyanus, ?Mithracia sp., Laeviranina cf fabianii, Lophoranina marestiana, L. bittneri, L. straeleni, Lianira beschini, L. convexa, Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata, Lophopanopeus sp., Palaeograpsus inflatus, P. loczyanus, Loerenthopluma lata) are described and illustred. The affinities existing between Spanish, Italian and Hungarian crustacean fauna are confirmed. The micropalaeontological study has brought to determine the age of the three levels with Crustacea, which refer to the interval between Middle Cuisian and Middle Lutetian (from the Nummulites nitidus Zone to the Morozovella lehneri). From the palaeoenvironmental point of view the fossliferous assemblage and the frequent occurrence of bio-intraclasts indicate an infralitoral setting and warm waters.

(key words: Decapoda, taxonomy, biostratigraphy, Eocene, Northem Italy)

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