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 | |
Periacanthus ramosus n. sp.
Periacanthus ramosus n. sp. Artal and Castillo 2005 spider crab |