La Presta, Sainte-Croix (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Vaud, Switzerland (46.8° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 16.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: V. van Straelen. 1936. Crustacés décapodes nouveaux ou peu connus de l'époque Crétacique. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(45):1-50 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234056: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 15.03.2024

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
"Homarus dentatus" = Hoploparia dentata
"Homarus dentatus" = Hoploparia dentata Roemer 1841 clawed lobster
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Palaeodromites octodentatus Milne-Edwards 1865 crab