MMNS MS 65.004, Mint Springs Formation (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Smith County, Mississippi (32.0° N, 89.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 82.8° W)
When: Mint Springs Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and G. Phillips. 2019. Paleogene Decapoda (Caridea, Anomura, Axiidea, Brachyura) from Alabama and Mississippi, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 39(3):279-302 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 202484: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Malacostraca | |
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Neocallichirus matsoni Rathbun 1935 decapod | |
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Calappidae indet. De Haan 1833 box crab
Calappilia calculosa Rumsey et al. 2016 box crab
Calappilia gableorum n. sp. Feldmann et al. 2019 box crab
Calappa sp. Weber 1795 box crab | |
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Paguridae indet. Latreille 1802 hermit crab | |