Portsmouth dockyard extension (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.1° N, 6.6° E (Wright 2013)

When: Early/Lower Eocene (56.0 - 48.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Woodward. 1873. Further notes on Eocene Crustacea from Portsmouth. Geological Society of London, Quarterly Journal 29:25-31 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135544: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 28.10.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Raninidae
"Palaeocorystes glabra n. sp." = Raninoides glabra
"Palaeocorystes glabra n. sp." = Raninoides glabra Woodward 1871 crab
 Decapoda -
Rhachiosoma bispinosa n. gen. n. sp. Woodward 1871 crab
Rhachiosoma echinata n. sp. Woodward 1871 crab
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
"Litoricola sp." = Coeloma, Litoricola glabra n. sp., "Litoricola dentata n. sp." = Coeloma dentata
"Litoricola sp." = Coeloma Milne-Edwards 1865 crab
Litoricola glabra n. sp. Woodward 1873 crab
"Litoricola dentata n. sp." = Coeloma dentata Woodward 1873 crab