El Rayo Locality 1 (Cretaceous of Puerto Rico)

Where: Puerto Rico (18.0° N, 66.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.0° N, 61.6° W)

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When: El Rayo Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; lithified, calcareous limestone

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, J. Velez-Juarbe, M. Martiniez, A. Hull, R. M. Feldmann and H. Santos. 2008. New Cretaceous and Cenozoic Decapoda (Crustacea: Thalassinidea, Brachyura) from Puerto Rico, United States Territory. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 34:1-15 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89475: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 24.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
Palaeoxanthopsis tylotus n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2008 crab
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Lophoranina precocia Feldmann 1996 crab