WP59 (PPWPta), Rio Rapel: Early Miocene, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae
Trichopeltarion levis Casadio et al. 2004
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Proterocarcinus navidad Feldmann et al. 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile
Coordinates: 33.9° South, 71.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° South, 66.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.03 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Navidad
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Environment:submarine fan
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:many
Disassociated major elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Seccion Paleontologia, Santiago, Chile
Metadata
Database number:53468
Authorizer:C. Schweitzer Enterer:C. Schweitzer
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:decapod,marine invertebrate
Created:2005-09-09 08:53:18 Last modified:2017-06-11 22:22:49
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-09 08:53:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
14404.decapod R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, and A. Encinas. 2005. New decapods from the Navidad Formation (Miocene) of Chile. Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(3):427-449 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]