Possagno (PO collection) (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.8° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Gruppo Naturalistico SPERCIGLANUS

• Repository: Museo di Storia Naturale di Spresiano (PO)

Primary reference: A. Busulini and C. Beschin. 2009. Prima segnalazione di crostacei decapodi nella "Marna di Possagno" (Eocene superiore - Italia Nordorientale). Lavori - SocietĂ  Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 34:111-118 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226755: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.07.2022

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Magyarcarcinidae
Magyarcarcinus loczyanus Lörenthey 1898 crab
 Decapoda - Ctenochelidae
Ctenocheles possagnoensis n. sp. Busulini and Beschin 2009 decapod