Villagran (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Tamaulipas, Mexico (24.5° N, 99.5° W: paleocoordinates 28.8° N, 71.4° W)

When: Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• No lithology or environmental notes/discussion.

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 133570: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Podophthalmus sp. Lamarck 1801 swimming crab
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Harpactocarcinus americanus Rathbun 1928 crab
Rathbun, 1930