Creston (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Calhoun County, South Carolina (33.6° N, 80.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 70.1° W)

When: lower Claiborne Group, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

• dorsal view of carapace, ventral view of sternum and abdomen (N. carolinensis);

Collected by T.W. Vaughan, (4585); reposited in the USNM

• male carapace, holotype, Cat. No. 371586 (N. carolinensis);

Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143059: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 19.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Zanthopsis carolinensis n. sp. Rathbun 1935 crab