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

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1432-1441

  Vega, Francisco J ^a   Nyborg, Torrey ^b   Fraaye, René H B ^c   Espinosa, Belinda ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Oertijdmuseum de Groene Poort   (Netherlands)

^d Benemérita Escuela Normal de Coahuila   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ALABAMA; COAHUILA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ASTACIDAE; CALLIANASSIDAE; CRUSTACEA; LINUPARUS; NEPHROPIDAE; PAGURID; PARAVERRUCOIDES ALABAMENSIS; RANINIDAE; VIAPINNIXA;

EID: 36248949228     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06-018R.1     Document Type: Article

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