Cuchillo Parado Formation (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Chihuahua, Mexico (28.6° N, 106.1° W: paleocoordinates 28.6° N, 60.5° W)

When: Cuchillo Parado Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 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 133549: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Meyeria mexicana Rathbun 1935 decapod
Rathbun, 1935