Where: Pyrenees, Spain (42.3° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 0.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ager Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Gaemers (1978) numerous fragmentary decapod remains as well as the nautilid Eutrephoceras sp. from the Fasciolites moussoulensis (alveolinid foraminifer) Unit about 3 km north of La Puebla de Roda, assigning to this unit a latest Paleocene age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort

Primary reference: R. H. B. Fraaije and H. W. J. Pennings. 2006. Crab carapaces preserved in nautiloid shells from the Upper Paleocene of Huesca (Pyrenees, Spain). Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 23(3):361-363 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126568: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 07.04.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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