Where: Sarawak, Malaysia (4.1° N, 113.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 116.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sibuti Member (Setap Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Age dating on samples from this outcrop indicates an early Miocene (Burdigalian) age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins, C. Lee, and J. Noad. 2003. Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak. Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1:187-226 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175184: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Lerin Baltzly on 04.12.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Carcinoplax aff. prisca Imaizumi 1961 crab | |
Mursia bekenuensis n. sp.
Mursia bekenuensis n. sp. Collins et al. 2003 box crab | |
Portunus woodwardi Morris and Collins 1991 swimming crab | |
Parthenope clypeformis n. sp., "Parthenope sublitoralis" = Rhinolambrus sublitoralis
Parthenope clypeformis n. sp. Collins et al. 2003 crab
"Parthenope sublitoralis" = Rhinolambrus sublitoralis Morris and Collins 1991 crab | |
Pariphiculus papillosus Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Iphiculus sexspinosus Morris and Collins 1991 crab | |
Leucosia calcarata n. sp. Collins et al. 2003 crab
Leucosia longiangulata Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Myra trispinosa Morris and Collins 1991 crab |