Tehuantepec area [Coatzacoalcos Fm] (Miocene of Mexico)

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)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Coatzacoalcos Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Annotations in margin of Böse (1906) indicate a Late Miocene age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• Unknown environmental and geologic data
• LTHIFCATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: Unknown. Seems likely to be from siliciclastic lithologies based on Böse (1906).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96499: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa miscellaneously mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Siratus) enigmaticus, Chicoreus (Siratus) articulatus
Chicoreus (Siratus) enigmaticus Vokes 1989 murex snail
Chicoreus (Siratus) articulatus Reeve 1845 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chagrepecten cactaceus
Chagrepecten cactaceus Dall 1898 scallop
Cryptopecten cactaceus in Woodring (1982)