Bitter Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Montana (48.7° N, 106.7° W: paleocoordinates 54.9° N, 71.3° W)

When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Bishop. 1983. Two new species of crabs, Notopocorystes (Eucorystes) eichhorni and Zygastrocarcinus griesi (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Bearpaw Shale (Campanian) of north-central Montana. Journal of Paleontology 57(7):900-910 [M. Clapham/A. Dalal]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235360: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Anya Dalal on 02.07.2024

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Didymoceras nebrascense Meek and Hayden 1856 ammonite
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae
Notopocorystes eichhorni Bishop 1983 crab
 Decapoda - Homolidae
Zygastrocarcinus griesi Bishop 1983 crab