Varennes-en-Argonne (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Lorraine, France (49.2° N, 5.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

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 234068: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 15.03.2024

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
"Homarus benedeni" = Hoploparia benedeni
"Homarus benedeni" = Hoploparia benedeni Pelseneer 1886 clawed lobster