PBDB Collection

Locality 259, Airport road, Sandakan (Miocene of Malaysia)

Where: Sabah, Malaysia (5.9° N, 118.1° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 119.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sandakan Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• "Shelfal muds" (deeper than "tempestites")

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins, C. Lee, and J. Noad. 2003. Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak. Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1:187-226 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185835: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.05.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
Decapoda - Thalassinidae	Thalassina anomala Thalassina anomala Herbst 1804 decapod
Decapoda - Raninidae	Raninoides morrisi Raninoides morrisi Collins et al. 2003 crab
Decapoda - Pinnotheridae	Pinnixa cf. aequipunctata, Pinnixa microgranulosa Pinnixa cf. aequipunctata Morris and Collins 1991 crab Pinnixa microgranulosa Collins et al. 2003 crab
Decapoda - Dorippidae	"Heikea tuberculata" = Heikeopsis tuberculata "Heikea tuberculata" = Heikeopsis tuberculata Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Decapoda - Calappidae	Calappa sexspinosa Calappa sexspinosa box crab
Decapoda - Retroplumidae	Retropluma laurentae n. sp. Retropluma laurentae n. sp. Collins et al. 2003 crab
Decapoda - Epialtidae	Hyastenus sp. Hyastenus sp. White 1847 spider crab
Decapoda - Parthenopidae	Parthenope jugula, "Parthenope sublitoralis" = Rhinolambrus sublitoralis Parthenope jugula Collins et al. 2003 crab "Parthenope sublitoralis" = Rhinolambrus sublitoralis Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Decapoda - Leucosiidae	Myra subcarinata, Philyra granulosa, Nucia platyspinosa, Leucosia aff. serenei Myra subcarinata Morris and Collins 1991 crab Philyra granulosa Morris and Collins 1991 crab Nucia platyspinosa Collins et al. 2003 crab Leucosia aff. serenei Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Decapoda - Iphiculidae	Iphiculus sexspinosus, Pariphiculus decemtuberculatus n. sp. Iphiculus sexspinosus Morris and Collins 1991 crab Pariphiculus decemtuberculatus n. sp. Collins et al. 2003 crab
Decapoda - Xanthidae	Xanthias miocenicus n. sp. Xanthias miocenicus n. sp. Collins et al. 2003 stone crab
Decapoda - Pilumnidae	Pilumnus fookimensis Pilumnus fookimensis Collins et al. 2003 crab
Decapoda - Chasmocarcinidae	"Orthakrolophus bittneri" = Orthakrolophos bittneri "Orthakrolophus bittneri" = Orthakrolophos bittneri Morris and Collins 1991 crab
Decapoda - Portunidae	Portunus obvallatus, Portunus woodwardi, "Lupocyclus karasawai n. sp." = Saratunus karasawai, Podophthalmus fusiformis Portunus obvallatus Morris and Collins 1991 swimming crab Portunus woodwardi Morris and Collins 1991 swimming crab "Lupocyclus karasawai n. sp." = Saratunus karasawai Collins et al. 2003 swimming crab Podophthalmus fusiformis Morris and Collins 1991 swimming crab
Decapoda - Paguridae	? Paguridae indet. ? Paguridae indet. Latreille 1802 hermit crab