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 - 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
Notopoides sp., Quasilaeviranina cf. arzignagnensis, Quasilaeviranina ovalis, Claudioranina latacantha n. sp.
Notopoides sp. Henderson 1888 crab
Quasilaeviranina cf. arzignagnensis Beschin et al. 1988 crab
Quasilaeviranina ovalis Rathbun 1935 crab
Claudioranina latacantha n. sp. Martínez-Díaz et al. 2017 crab
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Linuparus wilcoxensis
Linuparus wilcoxensis Rathbun 1935 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassidae indet.
Callianassidae indet. Dana 1852 decapod