Where: Sarthe, France (48.3° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 1.5° E)

When: Marnes de Ballon Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1902

• - [ ] Paranecrocarcinus balla n. sp. (Fig. 19A, C, E, G)Holotype is MNH LM 3807 [ex Guéranger Collection]; paratype is MNH LM 3808 [ex Guéranger Collection]. The holotype was in sample B16563, together with an isolated major cheliped of a necro- carcinid crab, probably Necrocarcinus labeschii, with a label reading, ‘Necrocarcinus minutus M. Edw., Céno- manien de la Sarthe, 1902-3’, from Ballon, Sarthe (France). The holotype is from the Marnes de Ballon Formation (lower Cenomanian, carcitanense and basal saxbii zones),

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 234565: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 24.04.2024

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