Folkstone Decapods (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 8.7° E)

When: Greensand Formation, Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, green, yellow, sandy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Woodward. 1874. Seventh Report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of continuing Researches in Fossil Crustacea. Report of the Forty-third Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Bradford,1873) 304-307 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141535: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Lerin Baltzly on 28.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Diaulacidae
Diaulax feliceps Woodward 1873 crab
 Decapoda - Scyllaridae
Scyllarides punctatus Woods 1925 slipper lobster
Scyllarella gardneri Woods 1925 slipper lobster