Burlington County: Early/Lower Miocene, New Jersey
collected by S. Wetherill
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Palinuridae
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Archaeocarabus whitfieldi
(Pilsbry 1901)
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| original and current combination Cancer whitfieldi | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Burlington |
| Coordinates: | 39.9° North, 74.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° North, 70.2° West |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kirkwood | Member: | Shiloh marl | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: source paper cites as "Cretaceous"
geologic maps give early Miocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collectors: | S. Wetherill |
| Collection method comments: Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, holotype, Cat. No. 4693 (A. whitfieldi); | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 142356 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer | Enterer: | S. Yost |
| Modifier: | J. Fearon | Research group: | decapod |
| Created: | 2013-04-10 00:13:46 | Last modified: | 2024-01-20 04:11:55 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2018-04-10 00:13:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45555. | decapod,fossil record | M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost] |