Ferrotepec Fm., Loc. 910: Middle Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella ocoyana
Conrad 1855
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turritella altilira
Conrad 1857
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira | ||||||||||
Turritella acosta
Olsson 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum chipolanum
(Dall 1892)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Crucibulum (Crucibulum) chipolanum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Sphaerocypraea wegeneri
Schilder 1939
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Cymia michoacanensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleuroliria tenagos
(Gardner 1947)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Polystira tenagos | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus cf. boggsi
Olsson 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Conus multiliratus
(Olsson 1922)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Conasprelloides multiliratus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Perrilliat 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Cunearca) inutilis
Jung 1965
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Perrilliat 1992 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Clementia (Clementia) dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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Perrilliat 1992 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Psammacoma zapotalensis
(Spieker 1922)
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Perrilliat 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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 gasterĂ³podos de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan. Paleontologia Mexicana 60:1-48 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |