A new early Palaeocene genus of raninid crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Denmark, southern Sweden and The Netherlands

A new genus of raninid crab, Raniliformis gen. nov., is proposed for Raninella baltica Segerberg, 1900 from the middle Danian (early Palaeocene, Tylocidaris bruennichi Zone) of Fakse (Sjælland, Denmark) and Limhamn (southern Sweden, Annetorp of earlier writers). This species has recently been collected from the basal part of the Geulhem Member (Houthem Formation, sensu Albers & Felder, 1979) of early Palaeocene age, as exposed at the Ankersmit-Curfs quarry (Geulhem/Valkenburg aan de Geul, The Netherlands). It provides additional evidence for the correlation of the type Danian of Denmark and southern Sweden with the Geulhem Member of the Maastricht area, as suggested previously on macrofaunal evidence.