Great Oolite (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Stonesfield, United Kingdom (51.0° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 3.7° E)

When: Cretaceous (145.0 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Woodward. 1868. On a new brachyurous crustacean (Prosopon mammillatum), from the Great Oolite, Stonesfield. Geological Magazine 5(49):3-5 [M. Clapham/J. Fearon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134729: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 14.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Prosopidae
Prosopon mammillatum Woodward 1868 crab