Where: Leon County, Texas (31.2° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 85.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Weches Formation (Claiborne Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Original Description: Middle Eocene: Claiborne Group: Mount Selman Formation: Weches Member. (Revised stratigraphy elevates the Weches member to formation in the Lutetian).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, brown, gray marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Collection methods: Other fossils were collected during this investigation, but only crustaceans are presented here.
Primary reference: H. B. Stenzel. 1934. Decapod Crustaceans from the Middle Eocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 8(1):38-56 [L. Ivany/C. Visaggi/C. Visaggi]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 43138: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Christy Visaggi on 10.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Callianassa wechesensis n. sp.
Callianassa wechesensis n. sp. Stenzel 1934 decapod | |
Zanthopsis peytoni Stenzel 1934 crab |