Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.2° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 24.3° N, 98.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Bateque Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Reposited in the MNHN (La Paz)
Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, G. González-Barba, R. M. Feldmann and D. A. Waugh. 2005. Decapoda (Thalassinidea and Paguroidea) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate formations, Baja California Sur, Mexico: Systematics, cuticle microstructure, and paleoecology. Annals of Carnegie Museum 74(4):275-293 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 58664: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 17.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Malacostraca | |
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Neocallichirus sp. Sakai 1988 decapod
Neocallichirus cf. rhinos Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 decapod | |
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? Brachyura sp. Latreille 1802 crab | |
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Calappilia hondoensis Rathbun 1930 box crab | |
Longusorbis eutychius n. sp.
Longusorbis eutychius n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2007 crab | |
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Eriosachila bajaensis Schweitzer et al. 2002 crab | |
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Lobonotus mexicanus Rathbun 1930 crab | |
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Lophoranina bishopi Squires and Demetrion 1992 crab | |