El Antrisco (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Nuevo Leon, Mexico (25.7° N, 99.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 79.2° W)

When: Potrerillos Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: delta front; lithology not reported

• Deltaic front.

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 133558: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Paleopagurus pilsbryi
Roberts, 1962
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814 decapod
 Decapoda - Ibericancridae
Sodakus mexicanus Vega et al. 1995 crab
Vega, Feldmann, and Villalobos-Hiriart, 1995
 Decapoda - Dakoticancridae
Dakoticancer australis Rathbun 1935 crab
Rathbun, 1935
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Ophthalmoplax difuntaensis crab
Vega and Feldmann, 1991
 Decapoda - Aethridae
Prehepatus harrisi Bishop 1985 crab
Bishop, 1985
 Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Costacopluma mexicana Vega and Perrilliat 1989 crab
Vega and Perrilliat, 1989