Woody Island and Hervey Bay Decapods (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (25.3° S, 153.0° E: paleocoordinates 65.6° S, 142.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Maryborough Formation (Blythesdale Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: black, gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. T. Woods. 1957. Macrusous Decapods from the Cretaceous of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 13(3):155-175 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/L. Baltzly]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 165464: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Lerin Baltzly on 19.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Glypheidae
Glyphea arborinsularis Etheridge 1917 decapod