MMNS MS 65.004, Marianna Formation (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Smith County, Mississippi (32.0° N, 89.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 82.8° W)

When: Marianna Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

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 202488: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappilia granulosa Feldmann et al. 2019 box crab
Acanthocarpus osborni n. sp. Feldmann et al. 2019 box crab