Estancia 25 de Mayo (Eocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (50.5° S, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 53.0° S, 62.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Centinela Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Dated at 46 Ma on the basis of a prominent volcanic tuff exposed just above the site

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: GHUNLPam

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2000. Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1902 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species. Contributions to Zoology 69(4):223-250 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202316: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Varunidae
Asthenognathus urretae n. sp.2
Asthenognathus urretae n. sp.2 Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 crab
 Decapoda - Geryonidae
Chaceon peruvianus1
Chaceon peruvianus1 d'Orbigny 1842 crab
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Proterocarcinus latus1
Proterocarcinus latus1 Glaessner 1933 crab
 Decapoda - Cancridae
Notocarcinus sulcatus n. gen. n. sp.
Notocarcinus sulcatus n. gen. n. sp. Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 crab
1Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000; 2Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001