Contrada Gecchelina, Monte di Malo (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.7° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 10.4° E)

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Beschin, A. Busulini, A. De Angeli and G. Tessier. 2002. Aggiornamento ai crostacei di cava "Main" di Arzignano (Vicenza - Italia settentrionale) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Studi e Ricerche - Associazione Amici del Museo - Museo Civico "G. Zannato" 2002:7-28 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140158: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 04.03.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Lobogalenopsis quadrilobata1 Lörenthey 1898 crab
Gecchelicarcinus lorigae1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
Galenopsis similis Bittner 1875 crab
? Pilumnus indet.1 Leach 1816 crab
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Parthenopidae indet.1 Macleay 1838 crab
Daldorfia eocaena1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
Mesolambrus declinatus1 Muller and Collins 1991 crab
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Boschettia giampietroi1 Busulini et al. 2003 crab
Busulini, Tessier, Beschin and De Angeli, 2003
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Eocharybdis cristata Beschin et al. 2002 swimming crab
 Decapoda -
Xanthoidea indet.1 MacLeay 1838 crab
Pilumnomimus planidentatus1 Muller and Collins 1991 crab
Prochlorodius ellipticus1 Muller and Collins 1991 crab
"Eoplax minuscula" = Muelleroplax minuscula1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
Actaeites lobatus1 Muller and Collins 1991 crab
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
Sereneopeus humilis1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
Laevicarcinus lioyi1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
"Panopaeus vicentinus" = Panopeus crab
Panopeus incisus1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda -
Haydnella maladensis1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
? Chlorodiella indet.1 Rathbun 1897 stone crab
Neoliomera paleogenica1 Beschin et al. 2007 stone crab
Phlyctenodes multituberculatus1 Beschin et al. 2007 stone crab
Etisus arduinoi1 Beschin et al. 2007 stone crab
 Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Branchioplax sulcata1 Muller and Collins 1991 crab
Branchioplax parva n. sp.1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira sicula1 Di Salvo 1933 crab
 Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Titanocarcinus raulinianus1 Milne-Edwards 1864 crab
 Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
? Lobulata indet.1 Schweitzer et al. 2004 crab
 Decapoda - Carpiliidae
Carpilius petreus1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
Paraocalina multilobata1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Aethridae
Priabonella violatii n. gen. n. sp.2
Priabonella violatii n. gen. n. sp.2 Beschin et al. 2006 crab
 Decapoda - Varunidae
Brachynotus corallinus1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Tetraliidae
Paratetralia convexa1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Etyidae
Guinotosia tertiaria1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda -
Dromiopsis paucigranosa n. sp.1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Dynomenidae
Kromtitis subovatus1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
Kromtitis levigatus1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
Kromtitis koberiformis1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Diaulacidae
? Diaulax italica1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda -
Cyamocarcinus angustifrons1 Bittner 1883 crab
Eotrachynotocarcinus airaghii n. sp.1 Beschin et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Diogenidae
Ciliopagurus tethysianus n. sp.1 Beschin et al. 2007 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Annuntidiogenidae
Paguristes extentus n. sp.1 Beschin et al. 2007 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Pachycheles dorsosulcatus n. sp.1 Beschin et al. 2007 decapod
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
"Lessinigalathea regale" = Lessinigalathea regalis1, Acanthogalathea squamosa n. sp.1
"Lessinigalathea regale" = Lessinigalathea regalis1 de Angeli and Garassino 2002 decapod
Acanthogalathea squamosa n. sp.1 Beschin et al. 2007 decapod