Garza-Little Elm Reservoir: Neocomian, Texas
collected by Arlene Pike
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Homolidae
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Homolopsis pikeae
Bishop and Brannen 1992
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Denton |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 97.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.6° North, 48.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1-2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Neocomian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145 - 125.77 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ironstone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | DMNH |
| Collectors: | Arlene Pike |
| Taxonomic list comments:Holotype: DMNH 8901
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Metadata
| Database number: | 235368 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | H. Shin |
| Modifier: | H. Shin | ||
| Created: | 2024-07-03 16:30:42 | Last modified: | 2024-07-10 16:18:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-07-03 16:30:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 88751. | G. A. Bishop and N. A. Brannen. 1992. Homolopsis pikae, new species (Decapoda), a crab from the Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Crustacean Biology 12(2):317-323 [M. Clapham/H. Shin/J. Fearon] |