Bateque Waypoint 75: Middle Eocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Callianassidae indet. sensu lato
Dana 1852
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Paguroidea indet. sensu lato
Latreille 1802
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Annuntidiogenidae
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Paguristes mexicanus sensu lato
Vega et al. 2001
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Tumidocarcinidae
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Lobonotus mexicanus
Rathbun 1930
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calappidae
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Calappilia hondoensis
Rathbun 1930
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Aethridae
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Prehepatus mexicanus
Schweitzer et al. 2006
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Xanthoidea indet.
MacLeay 1838
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Raninidae
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Ranina berglundi
Squires and Demetrion 1992
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Baja California Sur |
| Coordinates: | 26.4° North, 112.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.6° North, 99.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bateque |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,some microfossils,difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN (La Paz) |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58665 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer | Enterer: | C. Schweitzer |
| Modifier: | C. Schweitzer | Research group: | decapod |
| Created: | 2006-02-17 11:25:19 | Last modified: | 2006-02-17 13:29:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-17 11:25:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16651. | decapod | C. E. Schweitzer, G. González-Barba, R. M. Feldmann and D. A. Waugh. 2005. Decapoda (Thalassinidea and Paguroidea) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate formations, Baja California Sur, Mexico: Systematics, cuticle microstructure, and paleoecology. Annals of Carnegie Museum 74(4):275-293 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 19827 | decapod | C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, G. Gonzalez-Barba and V. Cosovic. 2006. New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:21-45 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen] |