37-Eastern Durango (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Eastern Durango, Mexico (24.2° N, 102.8° W: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 55.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Carbonera Formation, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sandstone

Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1940. Neocomian Faunas of Northern Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 51(1):117-190 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2155: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
Exogyra reedi Imlay 1937 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula pulchra Imlay 1940 scallop
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus cornejoi Castillo and Aguilera 1895 worm shell
"cornejoi var. varians" - originally entered as "Vermetus cornejoi var. varians"