Betty Hill Quarry: Early Miocene, Anguilla
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Portunidae
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Psygmophthalmus bifurcatus n. sp.
Collins 2009
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Geography
| Country: | Anguilla |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 63.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.0° North, 58.5° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Anguilla |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
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: | 209749 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-05-13 22:39:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-05-13 22:39:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34337. | J. S. H. Collins, R. W. Portell, and S. K. Donovan. 2009. Decapod crustaceans from the Neogene of the Caribbean: diversity, distribution and prospectus. Scripta Geologica 138:55-111 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |