Tepetate Formation (Paleogene of Mexico)

Where: Baja California, Mexico (30.8° N, 115.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 101.3° W)

When: Paleogene (66.0 - 23.0 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 133562: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Etyidae
Xanthosia americana Rathbun 1930 crab
Rathbun, 1930
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappa flammea Herbst 1794 box crab
(Herbst, 1794)
Calappilia hondoensis Rathbun 1930 box crab
Rathbun, 1930
 Decapoda - Montezumellidae
Montezumella tubulata Rathbun 1930 crab
Rathbun, 1930
 Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Lobonotus mexicanus Rathbun 1930 crab
Rathbun, 1930
 Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae
Levicyclus tepetate Schweitzer et al. 2002 crab
Schweitzer et al., 2002