Pesca Outcrop above Callichimaera locality: Early/Lower Turonian, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Glyptoxceras sp.
Collingnonceras sp.
Inoceramida indet.
Carididae indet.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
Coilopoceras sp. Hyatt 1903
Hoplitoides spp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Romaniceras sp. Spath 1923
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae
Cenomanocarcinus sp. van Straelen 1936
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae
Axiidae indet. Huxley 1879
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Boyaca County:Pesca
Coordinates: 5.5° North, 73.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° South, 50.4° West
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Turonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Turonian
Age range of interval:93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Churuvita Formation:San Rafael
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology:coarse sandstone
Environment:deep-water indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,soft parts
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:145762
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer, M. Clapham Enterer:E. Johnson, J. Fearon
Modifier:J. Fearon Research group:decapod
Created:2013-06-11 05:17:40 Last modified:2024-02-28 18:28:40
Access level:the public Released:2013-06-11 05:17:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
79255.decapod J. Luque, R. M. Feldmann, O. Vernygora, C. E. Schweitzer, C. B. Cameron, K. A. Kerr, F. J. Vega, A. Duque, M. Strange, A. R. Palmer, and C. Jaramillo. 2019. Exceptional preservation of mid-Cretaceous marine arthropods and the evolution of novel forms via heterochrony. Science Advances 5(4):eaav3875 [J. Wolfe/J. Wolfe]