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Paleocene decapod Crustacea from the Rancho Nuevo Formation (Parras Basin-Difunta Group), northeastern Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Francisco J. Vega ,
Torrey Nyborg ,
René H. B. Fraaye  and
Belinda Espinosa
Francisco J. Vega
Affiliation:
Institute de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México, Distrito Federal 04510,
Torrey Nyborg
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 92350,
René H. B. Fraaye
Affiliation:
Oertijdmuseum de Groene Poort, Bosscheweg 80, NL-5283 WB Boxtel, the Netherlands,
Belinda Espinosa
Affiliation:
Benemérita Escuela Normal de Coahuila, Calzada de los Maestros s/n, Zona Centro, Saltillo, Coahuila 25000,
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Abstract

Nine species, including two new species of decapod crustaceans, are described from the Paleocene Rancho Nuevo Formation, collected from two localities of the Parras Basin, southeast Coahuila state, Mexico. The astacid Enoploclytia gardnerae (Rathbun, 1935) is represented by a pair of large chelae and one cephalothorax. An incomplete nephropid carapace is identified as Enoploclytia sp. Partial specimens of a callianassid and a pagurid are described. One partial carapace representing Linuparus wilcoxensis Rathbun, 1935 is described. A new raninid, Macroacaena venturai new species extends the genus into Mexico. Paraverrucoides alabamensis (Rathbun, 1935) is the most abundant species, followed by Tehuacana tehuacana Stenzel, 1944 and Viapinnixa perrilliatae new species. Taxonomic affinities of this assemblage confirm influence of the Mississippi Embayment, particularly from Paleocene stratigraphic units of Texas and Alabama.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 81 , Issue 6 , November 2007 , pp. 1432 - 1441
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