Parahyba do Norte (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Also known as Gramame Formation

Where: Paraiba, Brazil (7.1° S, 34.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° S, 19.9° W)

When: Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1902. Description of Zanthopsis Cretacea. Geological Society America Bulletin 13:43-44 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134949: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 19.10.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Zanthopsis cretacea n. sp. Rathbun 1902 crab
Actinopteri
 Salmoniformes - Cimolichthyidae
Cimolichthys sp. Leidy
n. sp.