3 mi NE of Suffolk: Pliocene, Virginia
collected by U.S. Geological Survey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Callianassa suffolkensis n. sp.
Rathbun 1935
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Nansemond |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 76.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 75.7° West |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yorktown | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Yorktown formation, upper part" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS,USNM |
| Collectors: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Collection method comments: one right movable finger, holotype, Cat. No. 166064 (C. suffolkensis); | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 143589 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer | Enterer: | S. Yost |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | decapod |
| Created: | 2013-04-25 03:53:54 | Last modified: | 2022-05-12 04:22:48 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2018-04-25 03:53:54 |
| 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] |