Where: Puerto Rico (18.0° N, 66.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 66.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Juana Diaz Formation, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandy claystone and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• UPRM (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez)
Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, M. Iturralde-Vinent, J. L. Hetler and J. Velez-Juarbe. 2006. Oligocene and Miocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from the Caribbean. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(2):111-136 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 65367: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 21.09.2006