San Antonio: Maastrichtian, Texas
collected by Mrs. N.S. Walker
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Erymidae
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Palaeastacus walkeri
(Whitfield 1883)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bexar |
| Coordinates: | 29.4° North, 98.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 77.1° West |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Navarro | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: formation unknown | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collectors: | Mrs. N.S. Walker |
| Collection method comments: U.S. National Museum, plastotype, Cat. No. 8360 (P. walkeri); | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 140921 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer | Enterer: | S. Yost |
| Modifier: | J. Fearon | Research group: | decapod |
| Created: | 2013-03-19 05:30:45 | Last modified: | 2024-01-31 01:15:00 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2018-03-19 05:30:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45555. | decapod,fossil record | M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost] |