In situ mud shrimps (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) preserved within their burrows from the middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys
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In situ preservation of mud shrimps of the family Callianassidae (Decapoda: Axiidea) has rarely been noted in the fossil record. The present contribution reports body fossils of four members of the family (“Callianassa” almerai, “C.” pseudorakosensis, “C.” sp. 1 and “C.” sp. 2) which are apparently preserved within their burrows, all from middle Miocene deposits of Austria, Slovakia and Hungary (Central Paratethys). Description, with detailed figures for each reported occurrence, is given, followed by a review of fossil “thalassinideans”, mainly Callianassidae, preserved within burrow structures or associated with burrows. Occurrences of all middle Miocene callianassids of the Central Paratethys currently known are also summarized.
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