Massignani (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.7° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Middle-upper Ypresian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified packstone

• Calcarenites rich in calcareous algae, coralline algae, mollusk fragments, echinoids, and small crustaceans

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Civico “D. Dal Lago” di Valdagno

Primary reference: A. De Angeli and L. Ceccon. 2017. Contributo ai crostacei decapodi dell’Eocene inferiore dei Monti Lessini orientali (Italia nordorientale). Natura Vicentina 20:5-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226528: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Pachycheles dorsosulcatus
Pachycheles dorsosulcatus Beschin et al. 2007 decapod