Mazantic Shale (Miocene of Mexico)
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.0° N, 92.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 88.0° W)
When: Mazantic Shale Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: F. J. Vega, T. Nyborg, M. A. Coutiño, J. Solé, and O. Hernández-Monzon. 2009. Neogene Crustacea from Southeastern Mexico. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 35:51-69 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 133885: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 30.09.2012
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Taxonomic list
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Neocallichirus aetodes Schweitzer et al. 2006 decapod Schweitzer, Iturralde-Vinent, Hetler, Velez-Juarbe, 2006
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Portunoidea sp. Rafinesque 1815 crab | |
Portunus atecuicitlis Vega 1999 swimming crab Vega, Feldmann, Villalobos-Hiriart, and Gio-Argaez, 1999
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