Abbots Cliff, Folkestone (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 2.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Upper Chalk Formation, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins and R. J. Williams. 2004. A new genus and species of necrocarcinid crab (Crustacea, Brachyura) from the Upper Cretaceous of England. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (31)33-35 [M. Clapham/A. Dalal/A. Dalal]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235836: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Anya Dalal on 08.08.2024

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Orithopsidae
Shazella abbotsensis Collins and Williams 2004 crab