Cerro la Cruz (Miocene of Venezuela)
Where: Lara, Venezuela (10.4° N, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.5° N, 66.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Castillo Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann and C. E. Schweitzer. 2004. Decapod Crustaceans from the Lower Miocene of North-Western Venezuela (Cerro La Cruz, Castillo Formation). Special Papers in Palaeontology 71:7-22 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46384: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 12.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Eriosachila rathbunae Maury 1930 crab | |
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Portunus oblongus Rathbun 1920 swimming crab | |
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Palaeopinnixa perornata Collins and Morris 1976 crab | |
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Falconoplax kugleri Van Straelen 1933 crab | |
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Eoinachoides senni Van Straelen 1933 spider crab | |
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Calappa laraensis Van Straelen 1933 box crab | |
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Parthenope venezuelensis Van Straelen 1933 crab | |
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Raninoides rathbunae Van Straelen 1933 crab | |
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Petrochirus sp. Stimpson 1858 hermit crab | |
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