Mussel Creek (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as MMNS loc. 43.028, MMNS loc. 43.002

Where: Lowndes County, Alabama (32.0° N, 86.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 66.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pine Barren Member (Clayton Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; poorly lithified, fine-grained, medium, glauconitic, silty, sandy mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and R. W. Portell. 2014. Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the lower Paleocene of Alabama, USA. Scripta Geologica 147:135-151 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 164850: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Lerin Baltzly on 19.12.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa zeta Rathbun 1936 decapod
 Decapoda -
Mesostylus cf. mortoni Pilsbry 1901 decapod
 Decapoda - Lyreididae
Giulianolyreidus johnsoni Rathbun 1935 crab
 Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Costacopluma grayi Feldmann and Portell 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Hexapodidae
Stevea martini n. sp. Feldmann et al. 2014 crab