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Remarkable crayfish remains (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Oklahoma—evidence of predation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Rodney M. Feldmann  and
William May
Rodney M. Feldmann
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
William May
Affiliation:
6213 Northwest Cedarwood Drive, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505
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Direct physical evidence for predation upon decapod crustaceans is extremely limited in the fossil record. Although it is well recognized that decapods serve as a food resource for a wide variety of vertebrate and invertebrate predators and that the remains of decapods, in the forms of molts and corpses, are readily scavenged, direct evidence for these activities is limited (Tshudy et al., 1989). Bishop (1975) summarized evidences for predation in the fossil record and, although he frequently referred to decapods as predators, cited only one example (Bishop, 1972) of the group as prey. Thus, the discovery of three specimens of freshwater decapods, referable to the crayfish family Cambaridae, that clearly exhibit the effects of predation is significant.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 65 , Issue 5 , September 1991 , pp. 884 - 886
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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