Waypoint 29 San Ignacio (Eocene of Mexico)

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (27.0° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 100.0° W)

When: Bateque Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer. 2005. The Trapeziidae and Domeciidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) in the fossil record and a new Eocene genus from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(4):625-636 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56991: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 30.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Raninoides proracanthus1, Raninoides acanthocolus1
Raninoides proracanthus1 Schweitzer et al. 2006 crab
Raninoides acanthocolus1 Schweitzer et al. 2006 crab
 Decapoda - Trapeziidae
Archaeotetra inornata n. gen. n. sp.
Archaeotetra inornata n. gen. n. sp. Schweitzer 2005 crab
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappilia hondoensis1
Calappilia hondoensis1 Rathbun 1930 box crab
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Daldorfia salina1
Daldorfia salina1 Schweitzer et al. 2006 crab
 Decapoda - Cancridae
Anatolikos undecimspinosus1
Anatolikos undecimspinosus1 Schweitzer et al. 2006 crab
 Decapoda - Aethridae
Prehepatus mexicanus1
Prehepatus mexicanus1 Schweitzer et al. 2006 crab
 Decapoda - Litocheiridae
Paracorallicarcinus tricarinatus1
Paracorallicarcinus tricarinatus1 Schweitzer et al. 2006 crab
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Carcininae indet.1
Carcininae indet.1 MacLeay 1838 crab
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Galatheidae indet.1
Galatheidae indet.1 Samouelle 1819 decapod
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassidae sensu lato indet.2
Callianassidae sensu lato indet.2 Dana 1852 decapod
species 5
1Schweitzer et al. 2006; 2Schweitzer et al. 2005