Aruma Plateau (Cretaceous of Qatar)
Where: Qatar (27.0° N, 47.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 38.3° E)
When: Aruma Formation, Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann. 2017. New family, genus, and species of Carpilioidea (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the upper Cretaceous of Saudi Arabia. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 43:1-9 [C. Schweitzer/H. Grimmett]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 225949: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Holly Grimmett on 09.06.2022
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Malacostraca | |
Arabicarcinus arumensis Schweitzer and Feldmann 2017 crab |