Where: Tennessee (35.0° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 65.3° W)
When: lower Member (Ripley Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• "between Selma and Ripley formations" (probably lower Ripley) - as quoted in reference
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Collections: Vanderbilt University (type), U.S. National Museum, [P.wenasogensis];
Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140675: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 14.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Hoploparia mcnairyensis Rathbun 1926 clawed lobster | |
Penaeus wenasogensis Rathbun 1926 decapod |