Las Moras (Paleocene of Mexico)

Where: Coahuila, Mexico (25.9° N, 101.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 84.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rancho Nuevo Formation, Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green mudstone and coarse-grained, brown sandstone

• alternating dark olive-gray mudstones and brown coarse sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. L. Martínez-Díaz, M. C. Aguillon-Martínez, J. Luque and F. J. Vega. 2017. Paleocene decapod Crustacea from northeastern Mexico: Additions to biostratigraphy and diversity. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 74:67-82 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 133900: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 30.09.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Linuparus wilcoxensis
Linuparus wilcoxensis Rathbun 1935 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassidae indet.
Callianassidae indet. Dana 1852 decapod
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Enoploclytia gardnerae
Enoploclytia gardnerae Rathbun 1935 decapod
 Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
Paraverrucoides alabamensis
Paraverrucoides alabamensis Rathbun 1935 crab
 Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Tehuacana americana
Tehuacana americana Rathbun 1935 crab
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Claudioranina latacantha n. sp., Quasilaeviranina cf. arzignagnensis, Quasilaeviranina ovalis, Notopoides sp.
Claudioranina latacantha n. sp. Martínez-Díaz et al. 2017 crab
Quasilaeviranina cf. arzignagnensis Beschin et al. 1988 crab
Quasilaeviranina ovalis Rathbun 1935 crab
Notopoides sp. Henderson 1888 crab