Where: Brunei Darussalam (4.9° N, 114.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 115.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Miri Formation (Belait Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Assigned to Pliocene by Morris & Collins, but to the late Miocene by Roslim et al. (2020)
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: S. F. Morris and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Neogene crabs from Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 47(1):1-33 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 173589: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Lerin Baltzly on 03.10.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Galene stipata Morris and Collins 1991 crab | |
"Parthenope (Rhinolambrus) sublitoralis n. sp." = Rhinolambrus sublitoralis
"Parthenope (Rhinolambrus) sublitoralis n. sp." = Rhinolambrus sublitoralis Morris and Collins 1991 crab | |
"Heikea tuberculata n. sp." = Heikeopsis tuberculata
"Heikea tuberculata n. sp." = Heikeopsis tuberculata Morris and Collins 1991 crab Dorippe (Dorippe) frascone n. ssp. tuberculata
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Calappa sexaspinosa n. sp.
Calappa sexaspinosa n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991 box crab | |
Iphiculus miriensis n. sp.
Iphiculus miriensis n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991 crab | |
Nucia borneoensis n. sp., Philyra granulosa n. sp., Myra subcarinata n. sp., Myra trispinosa n. sp., Leucosia serenei n. sp., Leucosia tutongensis
Nucia borneoensis n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Philyra granulosa n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Myra subcarinata n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Myra trispinosa n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Leucosia serenei n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Leucosia tutongensis Morris and Collins 1991 crab | |
Portunus woodwardi n. sp.
Portunus woodwardi n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991 swimming crab |