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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Austromunida casadioi n. gen. n. sp.
Austromunida casadioi n. gen. n. sp. Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 decapod |