The »Carniolan crab« from Middle Miocene – Badenian beds in the Lipovica quarry above Bri{e, Slovenia

Abstract

Examined were remains of »Carniolan crab« of the decapod species Tasadia carniolica (Bittner, 1884) from Middle Miocene – Badenian beds in the Lipovica quarry above Briše.The species was first established in Slovenia in a locality between Tunjice and Kamnik.Individual modest remains were registered also in other Slovenian localities. Later the species was found also elsewhere in the Central Paratethys and in the region of the Borealbioprovince.

Keywords

• crabs
• Decapoda
• Middle Miocene – Badenian
• Central Paratethys
• Lipovica above Briše
• Slovenia