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 | |
Actinopteri | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula spp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Malacostraca | |
Caridea indet. Dana 1852 shrimp | |
Callichimaera perplexa Luque et al. 2019 crab | |
Cumacea indet. Kroyer 1846 hooded shrimp |