Bateque Waypoint 30 (Eocene of Mexico)

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (26.9° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 100.0° W)

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When: Bateque Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained sandstone

Reposited in the MNHN (La Paz)

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, G. González-Barba, R. M. Feldmann and D. A. Waugh. 2005. Decapoda (Thalassinidea and Paguroidea) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate formations, Baja California Sur, Mexico: Systematics, cuticle microstructure, and paleoecology. Annals of Carnegie Museum 74(4):275-293 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58661: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 17.02.2006

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassidae sensu lato indet. Dana 1852 decapod
species 2
 Decapoda - Litocheiridae
Paracorallicarcinus tricarinatus Schweitzer et al. 2006 crab
 Decapoda - Homolidae
Homola bajaensis Schweitzer et al. 2006 crab