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Carlos Varela Reinaldo Rojas-Consuegra

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A new species of fossil decapod of the genus Eriosachila is described from the Colón Formation (Oligocene - Miocene) of Cuba. This is the second species of this genus found in strata outside of the Eocene.

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Crustacea, Decapoda, Eriosachila, fossil, Oligoceno, Mioceno, Cuba

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Varela, C. y R. Rojas-Consuegra. 2009. Crustáceos (Deacapoda: Brachyura) fósiles de Cuba. Solenodon 8: 118-123.
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Varela, C., & Rojas-Consuegra, R. (2011). New species of Eriosachila Blow and Manning, 1996, (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Colón Formation, Cuba. Novitates Caribaea, (4), 17–20. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i4.147

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