Where: Chor, Afghanistan (34.8° N, 67.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 69.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gholaman Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Middle sandstone horizon. Upper Campanian on the basis of ammonite Hoplitoplacenticeras.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Geological Institute, University Köln
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 234642: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 26.04.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Hasaracancer cristatus Jux 1971 crab |