BK75, Bekenu (Miocene of Malaysia)

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
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia bekenuensis n. sp. Collins et al. 2003 box crab
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Carcinoplax aff. prisca Imaizumi 1961 crab
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
"Parthenope sublitoralis" = Rhinolambrus sublitoralis, Parthenope clypeformis n. sp.
"Parthenope sublitoralis" = Rhinolambrus sublitoralis Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Parthenope clypeformis n. sp. Collins et al. 2003 crab
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Portunus woodwardi Morris and Collins 1991 swimming crab
 Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Leucosia calcarata n. sp. Collins et al. 2003 crab
Leucosia longiangulata Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Myra trispinosa Morris and Collins 1991 crab
 Decapoda - Iphiculidae
Iphiculus sexspinosus Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Pariphiculus papillosus Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Pariphiculus gselli Beets 1950 crab
ssp. beetsi