Ocozocoautla Formation (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.1° N, 92.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° N, 74.7° W)

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

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 133566: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Carcineretidae
Carcineretes plantarius
Carcineretes plantarius crab
Vega et al., 1997
 Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
"Parazanthopsis meyapaquensis" = Palaeoxanthopsis
"Parazanthopsis meyapaquensis" = Palaeoxanthopsis crab
Vega et al., 2001
 Decapoda -
Megaxantho zoque
Megaxantho zoque Vega et al. 2001 crab
Vega et al., 2001