Calafate (Eocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz,, Argentina (50.5° S, 72.2° W: paleocoordinates 53.0° S, 62.4° W)

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

Environment/lithology: fluvial; muddy siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2000. First notice of the Chirostylidae (Decapoda) in the fossil record and new Tertiary Galatheidae (Decapoda) from the Americas. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (27)147-165 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138448: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 19.01.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Austromunida casadioi n. gen. n. sp.
Austromunida casadioi n. gen. n. sp. Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 decapod