Campbells Creek Decapods (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Brazos County, Texas (30.0° N, 96.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 86.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Crockett Formation (Clairborne Group), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified, muddy, calcareous marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: H. B. Stenzel. 1935. Middle Eocene and Oligocene Decapod Crustaceans from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The American Midland Naturalist 16(3):379-400 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133677: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Lerin Baltzly on 23.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Neozanthopsis americanus Rathbun 1928 crab