Part II - State of New Jersey

THE UPPER CRETACEOUS DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS 01"NEW JERSEY AND DELAWAREOrder DECSPODI~ TiatreilleTribe PARANEP~IROPSIDE~I\ BearlenFamily Erymaidae van StraelenGenus Enoploclytia M'Coy, 1849Subgenus E?toplocl?ltia AI'Coy, 1849Enoploclytia (Enoploclytia) sp.Plate 80, Figures 1, 2Description.-Body of finger gently arcnate as seen from ahovc:lateral profile straight; cross-section broadly elliptical, diminishingslightly in width toward t,he tip; tip and insertion unknown. Tt:etherect, conical to cylindrical, higher than their basal diameter and notIcss than their diameter apart, alternately large ;IIIC~ small or rarclywith tn.0 small teeth hetween a pair of large t,ecth. Occludent surfaceof finger bounded by an impressed line of pits on either side; lat,ertllsi~rfaces closely and coarsely pitted, the pits slightly elongated :1n(1arranged in roughly longitudinal rows.Tl~e figured specimen, probably a propodal finger, has five ratherevenly spaced occludent teeth the tips of which are broken. Near the~vicle end of the finger the position of t\vo more teeth is marked by eirculardepressions in the integument.AIeasnrements of the figured specimen: length 23.6, height at mi+clle 6.1, thickness at middle 5.2 mm.Re111lrrks.-Represented by five fingers which differ from those ofEnop.'oc/?/tia (Enoploclytia) tzcrnin~anzss Rathbun (1935, p. 18, pl. 1,figs. 5-7; "probably Selma Chalk": Alabama) in having much widerspaces hrt~veen the teeth and fewer small teeth between the large.Distribl~ti07~ i?t New Jersey.-3ferehantville formation: GrahalnBrick Company pits, Maple Shade.Outside rli,stribi~tion.-Delavare: hlerchantville formation.Figured specimen.-WFIS No. li081.-1 This atudy was carried out while the writer waa at the Wagner Free Institute of Sciencein Philadelphia. Pa. His present address ia United States National Museum, Washington.IS. D. C.NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY