USGS 26883, Martin Marietta Berkeley quarry (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (33.3° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 68.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santee Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191870: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.02.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Annuntidiogenidae
"Paguristes" wheeleri Blow and Manning 1996 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Dromiidae
Dromidia bedetteae n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda -
Ameridromia hyneorum n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda - Cancridae
Sarahcarcinus campbellorum n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
Laevicarcinus dockeryi n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
"Titanocarcinus purdyi n. sp." = Lobonotus purdyi
"Titanocarcinus purdyi n. sp." = Lobonotus purdyi Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Eocarpilius carolinensis n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Santeella lillyae n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
Viacarcinus druidi n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
Eohalimede walleri n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda - Matutidae
Matutites anthonyae n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Acantholambrus baumi Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda - Pseudoziidae
Santeexanthus wardi n. sp. Blow and Manning 1996 crab
 Decapoda - Homolidae
Prohomola katunai Blow and Manning 1996 crab