FL Keys (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Flrida (25.0° N, 80.5° W: paleocoordinates 25.0° N, 80.5° W)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• The paper does not give any specific information on the lithology or the geologic setting of the fossils. The time frame selected is "Holocene" but it appears that the author is describing recent species as he gives no indication as to how old the specimens are. Also, some of the locations for this paper are lumped together because of the very general ways in which the locations are described. For example, "...not uncommon on the Florida Coast." Where this is done I will include the page number that can be referenced in regards to the species under the notes section of the taxonomic list.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Stimpson. 1862. Notes on North American Crustacea. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7(1):49-93 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146568: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 27.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Petrolisthes sexspinosus decapod
Stimpson (pg. 73)
 Decapoda -
Albunaea gibbesii Stimpson 1862 decapod
Stimpson, 1862 (pg. 78)
 Decapoda - Grapsidae
Pachygrapsus transversus crab
Stimpson (pg. 64)
 Decapoda - Porcellanidea
"Porcella ocellata" = Porcellana
"Porcella ocellata" = Porcellana crab
Stimpson (pg. 77)
 Decapoda - Atelecyclidae
"Chlorodius longimanus" = Atelecyclus
"Chlorodius longimanus" = Atelecyclus crab
Stimpson, 1862 (pg. 52).
 Decapoda - Euryplacidae
Euryplax nitidus crab
Stimpson, 1862 (pg. 60)
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Xanthodius sternberghii stone crab
Stimpson, 1862 (pg. 52)
Actaea erosa stone crab
Stimpson, 1862 (pg. 51)
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Amphitrite depressifrons Stimpson 1862 swimming crab
Stimpson (pg. 57)