First report of penaeid (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of the Tlayúa quarry, Tepexi de Rodríguez (Puebla, Central Mexico)

The first penaeid from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of the Tlayúa quarry, Tepexi de Rodríguez (Puebla, Central Mexico) is here reported. The specimen has been tentatively assigned to the superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1815, for the lack of main diagnostic characters. Despite the incomp...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Alessandro Garassino, Giovanni Pasini, Francisco J. Vega
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:México
Institution:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repository:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:94348266018
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=94348266018
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ciencias de la Tierra
Mexico
Decapoda
Crustacea
Penaeoidea
Lower Cretaceous
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Summary:The first penaeid from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of the Tlayúa quarry, Tepexi de Rodríguez (Puebla, Central Mexico) is here reported. The specimen has been tentatively assigned to the superfamily Penaeoidea Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1815, for the lack of main diagnostic characters. Despite the incompleteness of the body, it is the second report of penaeid from the Lower Cretaceous of Mexico, increasing the scarce knowledge about the decapod assemblage of Tepexi de Rodríguez basin.