Valle Superior del Magdalena Basin (Cretaceous of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (4.3° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 44.7° W)

When: Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. J. Vega, R. M. Feldmann, F. Etayo-Serna, H. D. Bermudez-Aguirre, and J. Gomez. 2008. Occurrence of Meyeria magna M'Coy, 1849 in colombia: a widely distributed species during Aptian times. Boletin De La Socidad Geologica Mexicana 60(1):1-10 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133329: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 09.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
"Meyeria magna" = Atherfieldastacus magnus
"Meyeria magna" = Atherfieldastacus magnus M'Coy 1849 decapod
M'Coy 1849