La-Chaux-de-Fonds Decapods (Cretaceous of Switzerland)

Where: Neuchâtel, Switzerland (47.1° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 15.8° E)

When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1936

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 234067: 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