Machipur, near Montserrat (Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.3° N, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 57.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• "Lower Miocene"

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. In T. W. Vaughan (ed.), Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135729: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 06.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Ranina cuspidata n. sp. Guppy 1909 crab