Decapod crustaceans have played a vital role in marine ecosystems since the Mesozoic Era. They have been increasingly studied in terms of taxonomy, phylogeny, paleoecology, biodiversity, taphonomy, and macroevolution over the last decades by both professional and avocational paleontologists. To date, more than 4200 species are known from the fossil record. Every three or so years since the year 2000, crustacean paleontologists from around the world get together for the Symposium on Fossil Decapod Crustaceans. This conference, also open to other crustacean research, has been important in catalyst for scientific research and a place to reconnect with or make new friends and colleagues. A subsequent conference proceedings volume has been published for nearly all of the previous symposia. This conference proceedings volume bundles 13 articles about fossil crustaceans, mostly Decapoda, but also Isopoda and Cirripedia. They range in age from the Early Jurassic to the Pliocene, and come from Europe, North America, and South America. Jointly, these articles signify considerable progress in our knowledge of fossil crustaceans.
First record of the portunid crab Bathynectes muelleri Ossó & Stalennuy, 2011 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Polybiidae) from the Early Miocene of Slovenia
Rok GAŠPARIČ et al.
525-531 , Published on 22 October 2026, art. 48 (21)
New records of portunoids (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the late Eocene of the South Pyrenean basins (NE, Spain) with description of a new genus and species
Fernando A. FERRATGES et al.
533-545 , Published on 29 October 2026, art. 48 (22) 
A second enigmatic alsasuacaridid (Pancrustacea, Cyclida) from the Maastrichtian type area in The Netherlands (Late Cretaceous)
René H. B. FRAAIJE et al.
547-554 , Published on 05 November 2026, art. 48 (23) 
