Ophthalmoplax (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunoidea) from the late Campanian, Upper Cretaceous, of Colombia 93 Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana Volumen 68, núm. 1, 2016, p. 93-103 D GEOL DA Ó E G I I C C O A S 1904 M 2004 . C EX . ICANA A C i e n A ñ o s Ophthalmoplax (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunoidea) from the late Campanian, Upper Cretaceous, of Colombia Walter Guzmán1, Hermann Darío Bermúdez1, Arley de Jesús Gómez-Cruz2, Francisco J. Vega3,* 1 Grupo de Investigación Paleoexplorer, Calle 98bis 71D-20 Bogotá D.C. Colombia. 2 Universidad de Caldas, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Calle 65 No. 26-10, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. 3 Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510 CDMX, México. *
[email protected] Abstract A new species of the brachyuran Ophthalmoplax is documented based upon two specimens collected from shales of the Lodolitas de Aguacaliente Formation, Guadalupe Group, (Cordillera Oriental, Colombian Andes), which represents a regional transgressive event. The small crustaceans were found in the uppermost parasequences with retrogradational stacking pattern, near to the maximum flooding surface (MFS), at the end of the late Campanian Transgressive Systems Tract (TST). This is the oldest record forOphthalmo - plax in America. Morphological affinities with other species of the genus are discussed, including size reduction related with anoxia events and paleotemperature. Keywords: Crustacea, Portunoidea, Ophthalmoplax andina n. sp., Campanian, anoxia, Colombia. Resumen Se documenta la presencia de una nueva especie del braquiuro Ophthalmoplax con base en dos especimenes recolectados en lutitas de la Formación Lodolitas de Aguacaliente, parte media del Grupo Guadalupe, (Cordillera Oriental, Andes de Colombia), la cual registra un evento transgresivo regional.