South of Arnage (Le Mans) (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Sarthe, France (47.9° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 2.0° E)

When: Rhynchonella lamarckiana brachiopod zone, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. van Straelen. 1936. Crustacés décapodes nouveaux ou peu connus de l'époque Crétacique. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(45):1-50 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139203: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 09.02.2013, edited by J Fearon

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Rhynchonella lamarckiana" = Cyclothyris lamarckiana
"Rhynchonella lamarckiana" = Cyclothyris lamarckiana d'Orbigny 1849
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
"Callianassa cenomanensis" = Protocallianassa cenomanensis
"Callianassa cenomanensis" = Protocallianassa cenomanensis Milne-Edwards 1860 decapod
A. Milne-Edwards
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Linuparus dentatus van Straelen 1936 spiny lobster
A. Milne-Edwards
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
"Homarus trigeri" = Hoploparia trigeri
"Homarus trigeri" = Hoploparia trigeri van Straelen 1936 clawed lobster
A. Milne-Edwards
 Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae
Cenomanocarcinus inflatus van Straelen 1936 crab
 Decapoda - Lithophylacidae
Lithophylax trigeri Milne-Edwards and Brocchi 1879 crab