IGM-2617 (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: San Luis Potosi, Mexico (22.5° N, 99.5° W: paleocoordinates 28.7° N, 80.0° W)

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When: Cardenas Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Overlying Formation: Tobaco Formation. Underlying Formation: Tamasopo Fotmation. (Schafhauser et al, 2003). Thickness in this location is 370 m (Vega et al, 1995a).

Environment/lithology: coastal; brown marl

• The deposits in this locality are interpreted as subtidal shelf environments. (Vega et al, 1995a).
• Light brown marls (mudstones, siltstones, and claystones, with a minor amount of sandstone).

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. J. Vega, R. M. Feldmann, and F. Sour-Tovar. 1995. Fossil Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Late Cretaceous Cardenas Formation, East-Central Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 69(2):340-350 [A. Miller/B. Anderson/A. Lynch]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228600: authorized by Joanna Wolfe, entered by Arthur Lynch on 16.12.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Dakoticancridae
Dakoticancer australis
Dakoticancer australis Rathbun 1935 crab