Ferrotepec Fm., Loc. 910: Middle Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella ocoyana
Conrad 1855
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Turritella altilira
Conrad 1857
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira | ||||||||||
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Turritella acosta
Olsson 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum chipolanum
(Dall 1892)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Crucibulum (Crucibulum) chipolanum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Sphaerocypraea wegeneri
Schilder 1939
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Cymia michoacanensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleuroliria tenagos
(Gardner 1947)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Polystira tenagos | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus cf. boggsi
Olsson 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Conus multiliratus
(Olsson 1922)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Conasprelloides multiliratus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Perrilliat 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis
Jung 1965
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Perrilliat 1992 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Clementia (Clementia) dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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Perrilliat 1992 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Psammacoma zapotalensis
(Spieker 1922)
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Perrilliat 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Michoacan |
| Coordinates: | 18.0° North, 103.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.6° North, 101.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ferrotepec |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | poorly lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 66162 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Peters, A. Hendy | Enterer: | S. Peters, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | S. Peters | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-03 11:14:47 | Last modified: | 2006-10-03 14:45:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-03 11:14:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18953. | M.C. Perrilliat. 1987. Gasteropodos y un cefalopodo de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan. Paleontologia Mexicana 52:1-58 [S. Peters/S. Peters/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 25849 | M. C. Perrilliat. 1992. Bivalvos y gasterópodos de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan. Paleontologia Mexicana 60:1-48 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |