Pesca Outcrop above Callichimaera locality (Cretaceous of Colombia)

Where: Boyaca, Colombia (5.5° N, 73.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 50.4° W)

When: San Rafael Formation (Churuvita Group), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep-water; shale and coarse-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts

Primary reference: J. Luque, R. M. Feldmann, O. Vernygora, C. E. Schweitzer, C. B. Cameron, K. A. Kerr, F. J. Vega, A. Duque, M. Strange, A. R. Palmer, and C. Jaramillo. 2019. Exceptional preservation of mid-Cretaceous marine arthropods and the evolution of novel forms via heterochrony. Science Advances 5(4):eaav3875 [J. Wolfe/J. Wolfe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145762: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 11.06.2013, edited by J Fearon

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Collingnonceras sp., Glyptoxceras sp., Inoceramida indet., Carididae indet.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Romaniceras sp.
Romaniceras sp. Spath 1923 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
Hoplitoides spp., Coilopoceras sp.
Hoplitoides spp. von Koenen 1898 ammonite
Coilopoceras sp. Hyatt 1903 ammonite
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Axiidae
Axiidae indet.
Axiidae indet. Huxley 1879 decapod
 Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae
Cenomanocarcinus sp.
Cenomanocarcinus sp. van Straelen 1936 crab