Where: Mexico (30.5° N, 116.0° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 115.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W.P. Popenoe in 1949; reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: J. D. Nations. 1975. The genus Cancer (Crustacea: Brachyura): systematics, biogeography and fossil record. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin 23:1-104 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 226597: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
"Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius" = Romaleon antennarium
"Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius" = Romaleon antennarium Stimpson 1856 crab |