Where: South Dakota (45.0° N, 104.0° W: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 70.5° W)
When: Gammon Ferruginous Member (Pierre Shale Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: basinal (); bentonitic, red, silty shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion, original aragonite
Primary reference: N.H. Landman, R.H.B. Fraaije, S. M. Klofak, N. L. Larson, G. A. Bishop and I. Kruta. 2014. Inquilinism of a Baculite by a Dynomenid Crab from the Upper Cretaceous of South Dakota. American Museum Novitates 3818:1-16 [M. Clapham/J. Fearon/J. Fearon]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 235333: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 28.06.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Malacostraca | |
Hoploparia sp. Karasawa 1998 clawed lobster | |
Protocallianassa sp. Beurlen 1930 decapod | |
Ferricorda kimberleyae Bishop 1987 crab | |
Necrocarcinus sp. Bell 1863 crab | |
Cephalopoda | |
Pachydiscus sp. Zittel 1884 ammonite | |
Placenticeras sp. Meek 1876 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 pulmonate |