Callichimaera locality (Cretaceous to of Colombia)

Where: Boyaca, Colombia (5.6° N, 73.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.8° S, 49.7° W)

When: Late/Upper Cenomanian to Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Primary reference: J. Luque, R. M. Feldmann, O. Vernygora, C. E. Schweitzer, C. B. Cameron, K. A. Kerr, F. J. Vega, A. Duque, M. Strange, A. R. Palmer, and C. Jaramillo. 2019. Exceptional preservation of mid-Cretaceous marine arthropods and the evolution of novel forms via heterochrony. Science Advances 5(4):eaav3875 [J. Wolfe/J. Wolfe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224190: authorized by Joanna Wolfe, entered by Joanna Wolfe on 26.01.2022, edited by J Fearon

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula spp. BruguiƩre 1797
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Caridea indet. Dana 1852 shrimp
 Decapoda - Callichimaeridae
Callichimaera perplexa Luque et al. 2019 crab
 Eumalacostraca -
Cumacea indet. Kroyer 1846 hooded shrimp