Decapod crustaceans (Brachyura) from the Eocene Tepetate Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Schweitzer, Carrie E ^a   Feldmann, Rodney M ^a   González Barba, Gerardo ^b   Ćosović, Vlasta ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bartonian; Bateque Formation; Brachyura; Decapoda; Eocene; Mexico; Tepetate Formation

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CRUSTACEAN; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; PHOTIC ZONE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BARTONIA; BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; CARCINOPLAX; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOSACHILA; GONEPLACIDAE; MELANAETHUS;

EID: 34249855699     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2007)76[1:DCBFTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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