Barton Creek Formation (Cretaceous of Belize)

Where: Albion Island, Belize (18.1° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 22.2° N, 70.1° W)

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; 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 133567: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Carcineretidae
Carcineretes planetarius Vega 1997 crab
Vega et al., 1997