Cape Wiman, La Meseta Unit II (Eocene of Antarctica)

Where: Antarctica (64.2° S, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 63.7° S, 61.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Unit II Member (La Meseta Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Unit II of Sadler 1988

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; pebbly lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann. 1992. The Genus Lyreidus de Haan, 1839 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Raninidae): Systematics and Biogeography. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):943-957 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204997: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Lyreididae
"Lyreidus (Lysirude) hookeri n. sp." = Lysirude hookeri
"Lyreidus (Lysirude) hookeri n. sp." = Lysirude hookeri Feldmann 1992 crab