FLMNH SU012, Denali Pit (Eocene to of the United States)

Where: Suwanee County, Florida (30.0° N, 82.9° W: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 76.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Rotularia vernoni foram zone, Bumpnose Formation, Priabonian to Priabonian (38.0 - 28.1 Ma)

• Rotularia vernoni Zone (Ocala/ Bumpnose Limestone), uppermost Eocene (Priabonian) to lowermost Oligocene (Rupelian)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FLMNH

Primary reference: B. T. Rumsey, A. A. Klompmaker, and R. W. Portell. 2016. Paleobiogeography of the fossil box crab Calappilia (Brachyura: Calappidae) with a new species from the Eocene-Oligocene of Florida. Journal of Crustacean Biology 36(3):329-337 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201828: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappilia calculosa n. sp. Rumsey et al. 2016 box crab