Locality 138, Sandakan: Tortonian, Malaysia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae
Hyastenus sp. White 1847
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Pilumnus fookimensis n. sp. Collins et al. 2003
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Xanthias miocenicus Collins et al. 2003
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Iphiculidae
Iphiculus sexspinosus Morris and Collins 1991
Pariphiculus decemtuberculatus Collins et al. 2003
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dorippidae
Heikea tuberculata (Morris and Collins 1991)
original and current combination Dorippe (Dorippe) frascone tuberculata
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Podophthalmus fusiformis Morris and Collins 1991
Portunus obvallatus Morris and Collins 1991
Portunus woodwardi Morris and Collins 1991
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Parthenope sublitoralis Morris and Collins 1991
recombined as Rhinolambrus sublitoralis
Parthenope jugula Collins et al. 2003
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae
? Paguridae indet. (Latreille 1802)
original and current combination Pagurii
see common names

Geography
Country:Malaysia State/province:Sabah
Coordinates: 5.9° North, 118.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.0° North, 119.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sandakan
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: "Shelfal muds" (deeper than "tempestites")
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Database number:185836
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:decapod,marine invertebrate
Created:2017-05-20 20:28:49 Last modified:2017-05-23 17:42:30
Access level:the public Released:2017-05-20 20:28:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
57145.decapod J. S. H. Collins, C. Lee, and J. Noad. 2003. Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak. Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1:187-226 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Clapham]