Creazzo (Oligocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.5° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. de Angeli and A. Garassino. 2002. Galatheid, chirostylid and porcellanid decapods (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the Eocene and Oligocene of Vicenza (N Italy). Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 30(3):1-40 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207616: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Branchioplax rossii2 De Angeli and Beschin 2008 crab
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia lienharti1 Bachmayer 1961 box crab
 Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Petrolisthes vicetinus Beschin et al. 2001 decapod