La fauna de la division Rio Coatzacoalcos (Miocene of Mexico)

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

• Unknown environmental and geologic data
• Unknown lithologic data. Seems likely to be from siliciclastic lithologies.

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

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Taxonomic list

• Partly derivced from Spencer (1898) and further work by Bose (1906).
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten cf. glyptus cactaceus
unclassified
  -
Dallium dalli
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium rimosum
Dentalium rimosum Bose 1906 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aguilari
Limopsis aguilari Bose 1906 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca spencer
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amussium lyoni" = Amusium, "Amussium (Propeamussium) pourtalesianum" = Amusium
"Amussium lyoni" = Amusium scallop
"Amussium (Propeamussium) pourtalesianum" = Amusium scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte opulentora
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera Dall 1889 wentletrap
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Lunatia) heros" = Euspira heros, "Natica cf. canrena" = Naticarius canrena, "Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata, Sigaretus mexicanus
"Natica (Lunatia) heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
"Natica cf. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata Born 1778 moon snail
Sigaretus mexicanus Bose 1906 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Phalium globosum
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora caribbaea
Xenophora caribbaea carrier shell
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella cf. cineracea, Marginella cf. succinea
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Scaphella dubia" = Aurinia (Aurinia) dubia
"Scaphella dubia" = Aurinia (Aurinia) dubia Broderip 1827 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
? Trophon isthmicus, "Trophon cf. triangulatus" = Boreotrophon triangulatus
? Trophon isthmicus Bose 1906 murex snail
"Trophon cf. triangulatus" = Boreotrophon triangulatus Carpenter 1864 triangular trophon
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra cf. fulgurita, Mitra striolata
Mitra striolata mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella fusiformis
Metulella fusiformis Gabb 1873 dove shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mutica, Oliva subplicata
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
Oliva subplicata Bose 1906 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
"Glyphostoma gabbi" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) gabbi
"Glyphostoma gabbi" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) gabbi Dall 1889 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus cf. leoninus" = Conus spurius
"Conus cf. leoninus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris, Pleurotoma (Surcula) angermanni, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) scaliae, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) zapoteca, Pleurotoma (Surcula) veracruzana, Polystira barretti
"Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris turrid
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli
"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli Reeve 1843 snail
 Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
"Pleurotoma cf. henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni
"Pleurotoma cf. henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni Sowerby 1850 snail
Spelt P. cf. henekeri in text
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria centrota, "Cancellaria cf. modesta" = Neadmete modesta
"Cancellaria cf. modesta" = Neadmete modesta Carpenter 1864 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Niso interrupta