1.5 km southeast of Bacamorta (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.4° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Roca Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Upper Ilerdian-lower Cuisian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Geologico del Seminario de Barcelona (MGSB)

Primary reference: P. Artal and J. Castillo. 2005. Periacanthus ramosus (Crustacea, Decapoda), nueva especie del Eoceno inferior de Huesca (Aragón, España). Batalleria 12:39-44 [M. Clapham/J. Fearon/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234378: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.04.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Epialtidae
Periacanthus ramosus n. sp. Artal and Castillo 2005 spider crab