Where: Veracruz, Mexico (18.1° N, 94.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 92.9° W)
• 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: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Arca spencer ark | |
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Limopsis aguilari Bose 1906 clam | |
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Astarte opulentora clam | |
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera Dall 1889 wentletrap | |
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Oliva subplicata Bose 1906 olive snail
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail | |
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Metulella fusiformis Gabb 1873 snail | |
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Cancellaria cf. modesta snail
Cancellaria centrota snail | |
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Mitra cf. fulgurita mitre shell
Mitra striolata mitre shell | |
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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 murex snail | |
"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli
"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli Reeve 1843 snail | |
"Pleurotoma cf. henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni
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"Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) scaliae, Pleurotoma (Surcula) angermanni, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) zapoteca, Pleurotoma (Surcula) veracruzana, Polystira barretti
"Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris turrid
Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) scaliae Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (Surcula) angermanni Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) zapoteca Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (Surcula) veracruzana Bose 1906 turrid
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid | |
"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 | |
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Niso interrupta snail | |
"Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata, "Natica cf. canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Sigaretus mexicanus, "Natica (Lunatia) heros" = Euspira heros
"Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata Born 1778 moon snail
"Natica cf. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Sigaretus mexicanus Bose 1906 moon snail
"Natica (Lunatia) heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail | |
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Xenophora caribbaea carrier shell | |
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Phalium globosum snail | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium rimosum Bose 1906 tusk shell | |