Rosario Formation (Cretaceous to of Mexico)

Where: Baja California, Mexico (30.8° N, 115.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 87.3° W)

When: Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 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 133568: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Retroplumidae
Archaeopus mexicanus Schweitzer et al. 2002 crab
Schweitzer et al., 2002
 Decapoda - Lithophylacidae
Icriocarcinus xestos Bishop 1988 crab
Bishop, 1988
 Decapoda - Xandarocarcinidae
Xandaros sternbergi Rathbun 1926 crab
(Rathbun, 1926)