Locality 1003 (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Ocozocuautla, Mexico (16.8° N, 93.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° N, 75.0° W)

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: F. J. Vega, R. M. Feldmann, P. GarcĂ­a-Barrera, H. Filkhorn, and F. Pimentel. 2001. Maastrichtian Crustacea (Brachyura: Decapoda) from the Ocozocuautla Formation in Chiapas, Southeast Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):319-329 [M. Clapham/D. Sammanna]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235416: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Diya Sammanna on 05.07.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Rhapydioninidae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Carcineretidae
 Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
Parazanthopsis meyapaquensis Vega et al. 2001 crab
 Decapoda -
Megaxantho zoque Vega et al. 2001 crab