Sossano, Monti Berici (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.4° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous limestone

• Marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Civico "G. Zannato"

Primary reference: A. De Angeli and F. Caporiondo. 2009. Crostacei decapodi del Priaboniano di Sossano (Monti Berici, Vicenza - Italia settentrionale). Studi e Ricerche - Associazione Amici del Museo - Museo Civico "G. Zannato" 16:23-33 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226536: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Dromiidae
Dromilites hilarionis Bittner 1883 crab
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Lophoranina reussi Woodward 1866 crab
 Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Branchioplax albertii De Angeli and Beschin 2002 crab
 Decapoda - Magyarcarcinidae
Magyarcarcinus loczyanus Lörenthey 1898 crab
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
Palaeograpsus inflatus Bittner 1875 crab
 Decapoda - Epialtidae
Periacanthus horridus Bittner 1875 spider crab
n. ssp. bericus
 Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Palaeocarpilius macrochelus Desmarest 1822 crab
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappilia dacica Bittner 1893 box crab
 Decapoda -
Paguroidea "indet. 1" Latreille 1802 hermit crab
Paguroidea "indet. 2" Latreille 1802 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Diogenidae
"Paguristes sossanensis n. sp." = Clibanarius sossanensis
"Paguristes sossanensis n. sp." = Clibanarius sossanensis De Angeli and Caporiondo 2009 hermit crab