Where: Limon, Costa Rica (9.9° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 82.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Rio Banano Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Underlying Formation: Unknown. Overlying Formation: Quebrada Chocolate Formation. Thickness: About 750 m. (Coates et al, 1992; McNeil et al, 2000).
Environment/lithology: coastal; massive, fine-grained, medium, gray, green, blue, muddy sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Todd and J. S. H. Collins. 2005. Neogene and Quaternary crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) collected from Costa Rica and Panama by members of the Panama Paleontology Project. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 32:53-85 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 228541: authorized by Joanna Wolfe, entered by Arthur Lynch on 12.12.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Hepatus lineatinus Todd and Collins 2005 crab |