Where: Veracruz, Mexico (19.3° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 96.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Unknown lithostratigraphic data. Table of known taxon biostratigraphic distribution suggests a Pliocene age. Many taxa are known from the Recent and Plio-Pleistocene units. Text also suggests an "superior Pliocene" or Post-Pleistocene 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 59292: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium (Clava) caloosaense cerith snail | |
Turritella aguilerae Bose 1906 turret shell | |
"Strombus pugilus" = Strombus pugilis
"Strombus pugilus" = Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
"Oliva litterata" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
"Oliva litterata" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail | |
"Pyrula papyratia" = Ficus papyratia
"Pyrula papyratia" = Ficus papyratia Say 1822 fig shell | |
"Dolium cf. galea" = Tonna galea
"Dolium cf. galea" = Tonna galea Linnaeus 1758 tun shell | |
Xenophora conchyliophora Born 1780 carrier shell | |
"Sigaretus cf. multiplicatus" = Sinum
"Sigaretus cf. multiplicatus" = Sinum moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Barbatia) taeniata" = Calloarca (Taeniarca) taeniata
"Arca (Barbatia) taeniata" = Calloarca (Taeniarca) taeniata Dall 1898 clam | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Pecten (Chlamys) santarosanus Bose 1905 scallop
Pecten aztecus Bose 1906 scallop
"Amussium mortoni" = Amusium mortoni Ravenel 1844 scallop | |
"Pinna (Atrina) serrata" = Atrina serrata
"Pinna (Atrina) serrata" = Atrina serrata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"Lucina (Divaricella) quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata
"Lucina (Divaricella) quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
"Venus (Chione) ebergenyii" = Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis, "Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Dosinia acetabulum
"Venus (Chione) ebergenyii" = Lirophora (Panchione) mactropsis Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 venus clam | |
Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Solecurtus cummingianus, "Solecurtus (Tagelus) gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
"Solecurtus (Tagelus) gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
Semele perlamellosa Heilprin 1887 clam | |
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Thecostraca | |
Balanus eburneus Gould 1841 barnacle | |
Echinoidea | |
Encope tatetlaensis Bose 1906 sand dollar |