Where: Veracruz, Mexico (18.1° N, 94.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 19.8° N, 91.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Coatzacoalcos Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Unknown lithostratigraphic details. Annotations in margin of publication indicate a Late Miocene age.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Missing supplementary information as text is in spanish. Will derive this at a later stage. Unknown museum repositary for this collection
Primary reference: E. Bose. 1906. Sobre algunas faunas terciarias. Boletin del Instituto Geologico de Mexico 22 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59282: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Pecten cf. glyptus cactaceus scallop | |
| unclassified | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Niso interrupta snail | |
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Xenophora caribbaea carrier shell | |
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Marginella cf. cineracea margin shell
Marginella cf. succinea margin shell | |
"Trophon cf. triangulatus" = Boreotrophon triangulatus, ? Trophon isthmicus
"Trophon cf. triangulatus" = Boreotrophon triangulatus Carpenter 1864 triangular trophon
? Trophon isthmicus Bose 1906 murex snail | |
"Scaphella dubia" = Aurinia (Aurinia) dubia
"Scaphella dubia" = Aurinia (Aurinia) dubia Broderip 1827 volute | |
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Mitra cf. fulgurita mitre shell
Mitra striolata mitre shell | |
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Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
Oliva subplicata Bose 1906 olive snail | |
"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli
"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli Reeve 1843 snail | |
"Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) scaliae, Pleurotoma (Surcula) angermanni, Pleurotoma (Surcula) veracruzana, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) zapoteca, Polystira barretti
"Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris turrid
Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) scaliae Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (Surcula) angermanni Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (Surcula) veracruzana Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) zapoteca Bose 1906 turrid
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid | |
"Conus cf. leoninus" = Conus spurius
"Conus cf. leoninus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
"Pleurotoma cf. henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni
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"Glyphostoma gabbi" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) gabbi
"Glyphostoma gabbi" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) gabbi Dall 1889 snail | |
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Metulella fusiformis Gabb 1873 dove shell | |
"Cancellaria cf. modesta" = Neadmete modesta, Cancellaria centrota
"Cancellaria cf. modesta" = Neadmete modesta Carpenter 1864 snail
Cancellaria centrota snail | |
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Phalium globosum snail | |
"Natica (Lunatia) heros" = Euspira heros, Sigaretus mexicanus, "Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata, "Natica cf. canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica (Lunatia) heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
Sigaretus mexicanus Bose 1906 moon snail
"Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata Born 1778 moon snail
"Natica cf. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera Dall 1889 wentletrap | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
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Arca spencer ark | |
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Limopsis aguilari Bose 1906 clam | |
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Astarte opulentora clam | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium rimosum Bose 1906 tusk shell | |