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
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pecten cf. glyptus cactaceus scallop | |
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium rimosum Bose 1906 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Limopsis aguilari Bose 1906 clam | |
Arca spencer ark | |
Astarte opulentora clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera Dall 1889 wentletrap | |
"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 | |
Phalium globosum snail | |
Xenophora caribbaea carrier shell | |
Marginella cf. cineracea margin shell
Marginella cf. succinea margin shell | |
"Scaphella dubia" = Aurinia (Aurinia) dubia
"Scaphella dubia" = Aurinia (Aurinia) dubia Broderip 1827 volute | |
? Trophon isthmicus, "Trophon cf. triangulatus" = Boreotrophon triangulatus
? Trophon isthmicus Bose 1906 murex snail
"Trophon cf. triangulatus" = Boreotrophon triangulatus Carpenter 1864 triangular trophon | |
Mitra cf. fulgurita mitre shell
Mitra striolata mitre shell | |
Metulella fusiformis Gabb 1873 dove shell | |
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
Oliva subplicata Bose 1906 olive snail | |
"Glyphostoma gabbi" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) gabbi
"Glyphostoma gabbi" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) gabbi Dall 1889 snail | |
"Conus cf. leoninus" = Conus spurius
"Conus cf. leoninus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
"Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris, Pleurotoma (Surcula) angermanni, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) scaliae, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) zapoteca, Pleurotoma (Surcula) veracruzana, Polystira barretti
"Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris turrid
Pleurotoma (Surcula) angermanni Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) scaliae Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) zapoteca Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (Surcula) veracruzana Bose 1906 turrid
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid | |
"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli
"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli Reeve 1843 snail | |
"Pleurotoma cf. henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni
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Cancellaria centrota, "Cancellaria cf. modesta" = Neadmete modesta
Cancellaria centrota snail
"Cancellaria cf. modesta" = Neadmete modesta Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Niso interrupta snail |