Gulf of Mexico (Holocene of Mexico)

Where: Mazatan, Mexico (23.2° N, 106.4° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 106.4° W)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• The paper does not give any specific information on the lithology or the geologic setting of the fossils. The time frame selected is "Holocene" but it appears that the author is describing recent species as he gives no indication as to how old the specimens are. Also, some of the locations for this paper are lumped together because of the very general ways in which the locations are described. For example, "...not uncommon on the Florida Coast." Where this is done I will include the page number that can be referenced in regards to the species under the notes section of the taxonomic list.
• Found at Mazatlan by Capt. C. P. Stone.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Stimpson. 1862. Notes on North American Crustacea. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7(1):49-93 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146573: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 27.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Diogenidae
Clibanarius vittatus hermit crab
Stimpson (pg. 84)
 Decapoda -
Isocheles wurdemanni Stimpson 1862 decapod
Stimpson, 1862 (pg. 85-86)
 Decapoda - Ocypodidae
Gelasimus pugilator Stimpson 1862 fiddler crab
Stimpson (pg. 62)
 Decapoda - Eriphiidae
Eriphia squamata Stimpson 1859 crab
Stimpson, 1862 (pg. 57)