Mud Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Wheatland County, Montana (47.9° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 70.6° W)

When: Middle Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Nyborg, A. Garassino, G. Pasini and F. J. Vega. 2021. Pseudonecrocarcinus eichhorni n. sp. (Brachyura, Raninoida, Paranecrocarcinidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Montana (USA). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 73(3):1-7 [M. Clapham/A. Dalal]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235308: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Anya Dalal on 27.06.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Paranecrocarcinidae
Pseudonecrocarcinus eichhorni Nyborg et al. 2021 crab