Cane River Collection (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Louisiana (31.7° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 81.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, and G. L. Stringer. 2014. Neozanthopsis americana (Decapoda, Brachyura, Carpilioidea) from the Middle Eocene Cane River Formation of Louisiana, USA, and associated teleost otoliths. Scripta Geologica 147:163-183 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 163742: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 10.11.2014

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Ophidiiformes - Ophididae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae