Collections in the Musée municipal d'Auxerre 1936 (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Yonne, France (47.8° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 13.3° E)

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

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 139705: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.02.2013, edited by J Fearon

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Homarus spp., "Homarus dentatus" = Hoploparia dentata
Homarus spp. Weber 1795 clawed lobster
"Homarus dentatus" = Hoploparia dentata Roemer 1841 clawed lobster
 Decapoda - Catillogalatheidae
"Galatheites neocomiensis" = Tuberosagalathea neocomiensis
"Galatheites neocomiensis" = Tuberosagalathea neocomiensis van Straelen 1936 decapod
 Decapoda - Homolidae
Homolopsis tuberculata van Straelen 1936 crab
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
"Cyclothyreus autissiodorensis" = Distefania autissiodorensis, Palaeodromites octodentatus
"Cyclothyreus autissiodorensis" = Distefania autissiodorensis van Straelen 1936 crab
Palaeodromites octodentatus Milne-Edwards 1865 crab
 Decapoda - Prosopidae
"Prosopon icaunensis" = Laeviprosopon icaunensis
"Prosopon icaunensis" = Laeviprosopon icaunensis van Straelen 1936 crab
 Decapoda - Tanidromitidae
"Pithonoton planum" = Gabriella plana
"Pithonoton planum" = Gabriella plana van Straelen 1936 crab
 Decapoda - Paranecrocarcinidae
Paranecrocarcinus hexagonalis van Straelen 1936 crab