MMNS MS.77.011 (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, Mississippi (31.7° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 83.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Catahoula Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• basal beds of the Catahoula Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and G. Phillips. 2019. Paleogene Decapoda (Caridea, Anomura, Axiidea, Brachyura) from Alabama and Mississippi, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 39(3):279-302 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 133111: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 02.09.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Alpheidae