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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12981138693).jpg of a New Fossil Crustacean from the Lower Greensand <br> By Charles Gould Esq B A of the Geological Survey of Great <br> Britain <br> Communicated by Prof Huxley F E S F G S <br> Eead June 23 1858 <br> I regard the Crustacean which I am about to describe with peculiar <br> interest on account of its belonging to that group of the Brachyura <br> which comprehends the highest forms of the class and of which <br> hitherto but one species Mithracia libinoides Bell has been de- <br> scribed as occurring in the fossil state in Great Britain <br> At present I am only aware of the existence of two specimens of <br> the species which I shall here describe ” one in the collection at the <br> British Museum the other in that of the Geological Survey of Great <br> Britain ; both are from the Lower Greensand of Atherfield in the <br> Isle of Wight and in each the carapace only is preserved It is <br> from an examination of these specimens that I have taken the fol- <br> lowing characters <br> Figs 1 2 3 ” Mithracites Vectensis natural size <br> Fig 1 <br> Carapace viewed from above <br> Fig 2 Fig 3 <br> Front view of the Carapace Side view of the Carapace in outline <br> Mithracites Yectensis nov gen et spec <br> Carapace arched in front somewhat depressed behind rotun- <br> date ; length slightly exceeding the breadth which is greatest at the <br> Monograph Fossil Malacostr Crust Great Britain Part I Crustacea of the <br> London Clay Pal ontograph Soc 1858 p 9 pi 5 figs 10-12 <br> s2 36161782 111474 51125 Page 237 Text v 15 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36161782 1859 Geological Society of London NameFound Brachyura NameConfirmed Brachyura EOLID 2604866 NameBankID 2707371 NameFound Crustacea NameConfirmed Crustacea EOLID 2598871 NameBankID 2560151 NameFound Mithracia NameConfirmed Mithracia NameBankID 4245535 NameFound Mithracites NameConfirmed Mithracites NameBankID 4245537 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 15 1859 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36161782 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36161782 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-07 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12981138693 2015-08-26 14 59 40 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1859 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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