Where: Florida (29.2° N, 82.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.9° N, 67.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ocala Formation, Priabonian (37.7 - 33.9 Ma)
• No stratigraphic unit, but almost certainly from Ocala Limestone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by S. Phillips in 1917; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1929. A new crab from the Eocene of Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75:1-4 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135782: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 08.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Ocalina floridana n. sp.
Ocalina floridana n. sp. Rathbun 1929 crab |