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] |