Crab carapaces preserved in nautiloid shells from the Upper Paleocene of Huesca (Pyrenees, Spain)

Carapaces of three species of crab, found within specimens of the nautiloid Eutrephoceras, are described from the Upper Paleocene of Huesca (Pyrenees, Spain). This is the first record of the use by crabs of empty cephalopod shells for moulting from the Cenozoic; this phenomenon may have been more w...

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Published in:	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
Main Authors:	René H.B. Fraaije, Henri W.J. Pennings
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2018-04-01
Subjects:	crab, nautiloids, inquilinism, Paleocene, Pyrenees, Spain.
Online Access:	https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/832