ammonites
Yauco Decapoda (Oligocene of the United States)

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

• sandy clay, sandstone, and conglomerate with a few calcareous intercalations

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