Where: Chile (33.4° S, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° S, 62.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Estratos de Algarrobo Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)
• late middle–upper Eocene
Environment/lithology: deltaic; burrowed, fine-grained sandstone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original chitin
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
• SGO-PI
Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. Encinas and M. Suarez. 2006. New Cretaceous and Eocene Callianassoidea (Thalassinidea, Decapoda) from Algarrobo, Chile. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(1):73-81 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64832: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 17.09.2006, edited by Mark Uhen and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Melipal chilensis n. gen. n. sp.
Melipal chilensis n. gen. n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2006 decapod |