Veracruz (Miocene of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (19.2° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 93.5° W)

When: Túxpan Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Marine platform.

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: F. Vega, T. G. Nyborg, and M. Carmen Perrilliat. 2006. Mesozoic and Tertiary Decapod Crustacea from Mexico. Studies on Mexican Paleontology 79-100 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133556: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris thouarsii Valencienncs 1846 pencil urchin
Cidaris loveni Cotteau 1922 pencil urchin
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Raninoides mexicanus Rathbun 1930 crab
Rathbun, 1930
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa pellucida Rathbun 1919 decapod
Rathbun, 1930