River Blackwater estuary, Maylandsea (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 1.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• London Clay, Division B2

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Saward; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins and J. Saward. 2006. Three new genera and species of crabs from the Lower Eocene London Clay of Essex, England. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:67-76 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226512: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Rosa Valdez on 12.07.2022, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Dinochelus steeplensis Tshudy and Saward 2012 clawed lobster
 Decapoda - Epialtidae
Panticarcinus maylandiensis n. sp. Collins and Saward 2006 spider crab