Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (26.6° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 99.3° W)

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When: Bateque Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite, original chitin, replaced with calcite, replaced with other

Collection methods: surface (float), chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68714: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 03.02.2007

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