Where: Mexico (32.5° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 116.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: San Diego Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1965; 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 226586: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2022

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