La Palmera quarry, bed Lp5: Early Aptian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Mecochiridae
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Puebla |
| Coordinates: | 18.5° North, 97.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.4° North, 42.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.4 - 119.57 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | San Juan Raya |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Colección Nacional de Paleontología “María del Carmen Perrillat” | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 228379 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-12-03 11:50:23 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-12-03 11:50:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 83265. | O. González-León. 2022. Addenda sobre las características morfológicas de la langosta fósil (Atherfieldastacus magnus) en México. Paleontología Mexicana 11:13-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |