between St. Michel and Ennery: Middle Eocene, Haiti

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Haiti
Coordinates: 19.6° North, 72.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.7° North, 64.2° West (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval: Middle Eocene
Age range of interval: 48.07 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Plaisance
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:135755
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:S. Yost
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:decapod
Created:2012-11-07 04:15:34 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-11-07 04:15:34
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

43424.decapod,fossil record M. J. Rathbun. 1923. Fossil Crabs from the Republic of Haiti. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63:1-6 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/S. Yost]