Where: Limburg, Netherlands (50.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 4.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Belemnitella junior ammonoid zone, Meerssen Member (Maastricht Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Middle part of Meerssen member
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified grainstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,
• Repository: Geo Centrum Brabant
Primary reference: R. H. B. Fraaye and J. S. H. Collins. 1987. A new crab, Prehepatus werneri (Crustacea: Decapoda), from the Maastrichtian of the Netherlands. Journal of Paleontology 61(3):549-551 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32167: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 08.06.2003, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca | |
"Prehepatus werneri n. sp." = Roemerus ornatissimus
"Prehepatus werneri n. sp." = Roemerus ornatissimus Forir 1887 crab | |
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Goniasteridae indet.4, Metopaster miriamae4, Metopaster lisannae4, Metopaster sp.4, Metopaster alexiae4, Recurvaster antemammillatus4
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