Dimmit County: Paleocene, Texas
collected by Julia A. Gardner
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Palinuridae
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Linuparus texanus
Rathbun 1935
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Dimmit |
| Coordinates: | 28.4° North, 99.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.5° North, 82.4° West |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66 - 56 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lower Midway |
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: | Julia A. Gardner |
| Collection method comments: abdomen showing segments 3-7, holotype, Cat. No. 371390 (L. texanus); | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 142885 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer | Enterer: | S. Yost | Research group: | decapod |
| Created: | 2013-04-18 00:19:45 | Last modified: | 2013-04-17 09:19:45 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2018-04-18 00:19:45 |
| 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] |