Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.1° N, 110.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 96.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Tepetate Formation, Eocene (55.8 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; intraclastic, silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original chitin
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• MHN-UABCS
Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, G. Gonzales-Barba and F. J. Vega. 2002. New crabs from the Eocene and Oligocene of Baja California Sur, Mexico and an assessment of the evolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of Mexican fossil decapods. Journal of Paleontology 76(6):1-43 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45693: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 24.11.2004