Scheerders van Kerchove (SVK) clay pit (Oligocene of Belgium)

Where: Belgium (49.0° N, 4.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 0.5° E)

When: Belsele-Waas Clay Member (Boom Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. M. van Bakel, P. Artal, R. H. B. Fraaije and J. W. M. Jagt. 2009. A New Early Oligocene Crab (Decapoda, Brachyura, Dromiacea) From Northwest Belgium, With Comments On Its Palaeobiology. Geologica Belgica 12(1-2):45-57 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 126154: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 31.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Dromiidae
Lucanthonisia praemium n. sp. van Bakel et al. 2009 crab