Sierra Madre Formation (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.8° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 13.7° N, 57.3° W)

When: Sierra Madre Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. J. Vega, F. Alvarez, and G. Carbot-Chanona. 2007. Albian penaeoidea (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata) from Chiapas, southern Mexico. Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturale e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 35(2):97-100 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133572: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 16.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Penaeidae
Penaeidae sp. Rafinesque 1815 decapod
Rafinesque, 1815