| Abstract |
The study of Ambilobeia n. gen , n sp. (inlraorder Penaeidea de llaan, 1849, fami-
ly Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815) increases the knowledge about the rich and important faunal assem-
blage of decapod crustaceans of the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of the Ambilobe region (NW
Madagascar), already widely analysed by Garassino and Teruz/.i (1995), The study specimen,
recently collected during a surveying, was discovered in a new outcrop located near the village of
Bobasatrana. Some morphological features, such as the very elongate rostrum, lacking supra- and
subrostral teeth, the presence of one strong tooth located at the base of rostrum, and pereiopods I-
III with short and thin chelae, distinguish this new genus from lfasya Garassino and Teruzzi, 1995. |
