Where: Panama (9.3° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 78.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gatun Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Gatun Formation? Miocene Series. Labeled "Miocene" Tortonian according to Kirby et al. (2009).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R.T. Hill; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226690: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2022

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