Monte Vesole, interval g (Cretaceous to of Italy)

Where: Salerno, Italy (40.4° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Most decapods come from interval g5, with some poorly-preserved specimens in g4 and g6.

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, carbonaceous lime mudstone

• Thinly-laminated and bituminous limestone and marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: Repository: DeCastro collection, Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano

Primary reference: S. Bravi, M. Coppa, A. Garassino and R. Patricelli. 1999. Palaemon vesolensis n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Platten kalk of Vesole Mount (Salerno, Southern Italy). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 140(2):141-169 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127328: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 09.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palaemonidae
Palaemon vesolensis n. sp.
Palaemon vesolensis n. sp. Bravi et al. 1999 shrimp