Where: Melaky, Madagascar (16.9° S, 44.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° S, 29.5° E)

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Charbonnier; reposited in the MNHN

• - [ ] C, F, Notopocorystes bituberculatus Secretan, 1964, MNHN R03951 (holotype), Albian, Malandriandro, dorsal view of carapace, and ventral view showing thoracic sternum; Sitampiky region, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar (see Fig. 10C, F; Charbonnier et al. in press).

Primary reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, D. Guinot, P. Artal, R. H. B. Fraaije, and J. W. M. Jagt. 2012. A revision of the Palaeocorystoidea and the phylogeny of raninoidian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata). Zootaxa 3215:1-216 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/J. Fearon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234173: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 20.03.2024

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