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Table 3 Decapod species and genus richness per locality. Faxe is the only locality associated with cold-water corals; the rest is associated with warm, shallow-water associated corals

From: Evolution of body size, vision, and biodiversity of coral-associated organisms: evidence from fossil crustaceans in cold-water coral and tropical coral ecosystems

 

Faxe, Denmark (Paleocene, Danian)

ENCI/St. Pietersberg, The Netherlands (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)

Koskobilo, Spain (mid-Cretaceous, Albian)

Contrada Gecchelina di Monte di Malo, Italy (Eocene, Ypresian)

Braggi Quarry at Vestenanova, Italy (Eocene, Ypresian)

# species

25

29

38

48

46

# genera

18

27

27

42

36

  1. Sources used: Faxe [51, 55, 135]; ENCI/St. Pietersberg ([70, 71, 136142], RHB Fraaije and JWM Jagt, personal communication 2015); Koskobilo [73, 88, 143149]; Contrada Gecchelina di Monte di Malo [27]; Braggi Quarry [31]