Where: Panama (9.2° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° N, 76.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Near base of sedimentary series just above basal limestone, Upper Eocene
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by R.E. Terry; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1937. Cretaceous and Tertiary Crabs from Panama and Colombia. Journal of Paleontology 11(1):26-28 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136136: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 20.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
"Zanthopsis terryi n. sp." = Eriosachila terryi
"Zanthopsis terryi n. sp." = Eriosachila terryi Rathbun 1937 crab | |
Callinectes declivis Rathbun 1918 swimming crab |