TABLE 1. Palaeoenvironmental preferences of congeners from the roughly coeval decapod assemblages from Slovenia.
Taxon | Retropluma slovenica Gašparič and Hyžný, 2014 | Munidopsis palmuelleri Hyžný et al., 2014 | Portunus monspeliensis A. Milne Edwards, 1860 |
Localities | Činžat (NE Slovenia), Tunjice (Central Slovenia) | Košaki (NE Slovenia) | Šentilj (NE Slovenia), Kozje (E Slovenia), Brežice (E Slovenia) |
Age | latest Burdigalian (Karpatian) | Langhian (early Badenian) | Langhian-early Serravallian (Badenian) |
Lithology | micaceous siltstones, sandy siltstones | clayey marls | calcareous sandstone |
Bathymetry | epibathyal | epibathyal | sublittoral |
Preservation | fully articulated | disarticulated | disarticulated |
Substrate | muddy bottom | muddy bottom | sandy or seagrass bottom |
Ecology | benthic infaunal | benthic epifaunal | benthic/pelagic |