San Juan Raya (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Puebla, Mexico (18.3° N, 97.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 55.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: San Juan Raya Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, gray mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Colección del Laboratorio de Geología-Paleontología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D. F. (IZT-M)

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, F. J. Vega, L. Martinez-Lopez, K. A. Gonzalez-Rodrigues, O. Gonzalex-Leon and M. Rosario Fernandez-Barajas. 2007. Crustacea from the Muhi Quarry (Albian-Cenomanian), and a review of Aptian Mecochiridae (Astacidea) From Mexico. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(3):145-156 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133576: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Meyeria pueblaensis Feldmann and Vega 1995 decapod