Frisco Railroad Bridge (No. 5710), 2 1/2 mi NW of Blue Springs: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian, Mississippi
collected by L.W. Stephenson, (9508) 1915

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Necrocarcinus oklahomensis n. sp. Rathbun 1935
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae
Linuparus ? sp. White 1847
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Mesostylus mortoni (Pilsbry 1901)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa pilsbryi n. sp. Rathbun 1935
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Union
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 88.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.6° North, 61.6° West
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian - Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 7 - Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ripley
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
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:L.W. Stephenson, (9508) Collection dates:June 4, 1915
Collection method comments: USNM, Cat. No. 73788 (M. mortoni); Cat. No. 73789 (P. pilsbryi); Cat. No. 73843 (Linuparus ? sp.);
Metadata
Database number:142007
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer, M. Uhen Enterer:S. Yost, M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:decapod
Created:2013-04-04 04:48:09 Last modified:2021-02-26 05:46:41
Access level:authorizer only Released:2018-04-04 04:48:09
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]