Where: Congo-Kinshasa (5.7° S, 12.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 7.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Secretan. 1970. Crustaces decapodes du Bas-Congo et de l'enclave de Cabinda [Decapod crustaceans from Bas-Congo and Cabinda). Annalen Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Geologische Wetenschappen 68:79-89 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72299: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Callianassa congolae n. sp. Secretan 1970 decapod
Callianassa depressiva n. sp. Secretan 1970 decapod |