Near Kerens: Danian, Texas
collected by D.W. Ohern (Borealis Oil Co.)
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Raninidae
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Notosceles bournei
Rathbun 1928
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| recombined as Raninoides bournei | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Navarro |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 96.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 76.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Midway |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | D.W. Ohern (Borealis Oil Co.) |
Metadata
| Database number: | 134952 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer | Enterer: | S. Yost |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | decapod,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-10-19 07:48:27 | Last modified: | 2022-07-23 16:33:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-10-19 07:48:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43433. | decapod | M. J. Rathbun. 1928. Two new crabs from the Eocene of Texas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73:1-6 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 43316 | decapod | M. J. Rathbun. 1908. Descriptions of fossil crabs from California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35:341-349 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Clapham] |