Also known as J38/f80

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.2° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° S, 167.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Waihao Greensand Formation, Bortonian (42.6 - 39.1 Ma)

• late-middle Eocene

Environment/lithology: coastal; glauconitic sandstone

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann and P. A. Maxwell. 1999. A new species of glypheid lobster, Glyphea christeyi (Decapoda: Palinura), from the Eocene (Bortonian) Waihao Greensand, South Canterbury New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 42:75-78 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87240: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.03.2009

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