Tutong Road, S.5539: Late/Upper Miocene, Brunei Darussalam

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Raninoides sp. Milne-Edwards 1837
    = Raninoides morrisi Collins et al. 2003
Collins et al. 2003
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xenophthalmidae
Xenophthalmus subitus Morris and Collins 1991
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pinnotheridae
Pinnixa aequipunctata n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991
Pinnixa omega n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae
Prepaeduma decapoda Morris and Collins 1991
recombined as Hexapus decapoda
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Myra subcarinata Morris and Collins 1991
Myra trispinosa Morris and Collins 1991
Leucosia tutongensis n. sp. Morris and Collins 1991
Leucosia serenei Morris and Collins 1991
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Iphiculidae
Iphiculus miriensis Morris and Collins 1991
Iphiculus sexspinosus Morris and Collins 1991
Pariphiculus gselli Beets 1950
ssp. beetsi
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Portunites obvallatus n. sp.
Portunites woodwardi
see common names

Geography
Country:Brunei Darussalam
Coordinates: 4.8° North, 114.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.8° North, 115.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Belait Formation:Miri
Stratigraphy comments: Assigned to Pliocene by Morris & Collins, but to the late Miocene by Roslim et al. (2020)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Lithology description: "Consists of alternating clays, clay sands, and sandstones. More arenaceous with rapid andd less regular alternations"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Database number:173581
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer, M. Clapham Enterer:L. Baltzly, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:decapod,marine invertebrate
Created:2015-10-03 11:08:57 Last modified:2022-06-24 22:53:51
Access level:the public Released:2015-10-03 11:08:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
56207.decapod S. F. Morris and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Neogene crabs from Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 47(1):1-33 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

57145decapod 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]