Where: Puebla, Mexico (18.3° N, 97.6° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 54.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: San Juan Raya Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• Approximate thickiness of 800m for the whole formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified, gray, green, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• Repository: UNAM
Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, F. J. Vega, P. García-Barrera, R. Rico-Montiel, and L. Martínez López. 1995. A new species of Meyeria (Decapoda: Mecochiridae) from San Juan Raya Formation (Aptian: Cretaceous), Puebla State, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 69(2):402-406 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64015: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 29.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Malacostraca | |
Meyeria pueblaensis n. sp.
Meyeria pueblaensis n. sp. Feldmann and Vega 1995 decapod | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 |