Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.5° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 84.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (San Juan Formation), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; marl and calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. J. Vega, T. Cosma, M. A. Coutino, R. M. Feldmann, T. G. Nyborg, C. E. Schweitzer, and D. A. Waugh. 2001. New middle Eocene decapods (Crustacea) from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 75:929-946 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 202319: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Malacostraca | |
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Callianassa sp. Leach 1814 decapod | |
Viapinnixa alvarezi n. sp.
Viapinnixa alvarezi n. sp. Vega et al. 2001 crab | |
Verrucoides stenohedra n. gen. n. sp.
Verrucoides stenohedra n. gen. n. sp. Vega et al. 2001 crab | |
Stoaplax nandachare n. sp.
Stoaplax nandachare n. sp. Vega et al. 2001 crab | |
Notopus minutus n. sp.
Notopus minutus n. sp. Vega et al. 2001 crab | |