A new paguroid from the type Maastrichtian (upper Cretaceous, the Netherlands) and erection of a new family

On the basis of a fragmentary carapace a new extinct paguroid, Annuntidiogenes massetispinosus n. sp., is described from the upper Meerssen Member (Maastricht Formation, upper Maastrichtian) of the Maastrichtian type area in the southeast Netherlands. The new taxon represents the fifth and stratigraphically youngest member of this Mesozoic genus that shows a remarkably close resemblance to the extant diogenids Aeropaguristes Rahayu and McLaughlin, 2010 (Rahayu DL, McLaughlin PA. 2010. Areopaguristes, a generic replacement name for Stratiotes Thomson, 1899 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea: Diog... Mehr ...