Loc. 2400 - Ferrotepec Fm: Middle Miocene, Mexico
collected by Perrilliat
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Oliva) cylindrica
(Sowerby 1850)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Oliva cylindrica | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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30 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina (Here) edwilsoni
Perrilliat 1992
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solena (Solena) sp.
Moore 2003
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis
(Hodson et al. 1927)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Cyclinella cyclica
(Guppy 1866)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Harvella cf. sincola
(Olsson 1922)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Cunearca) cf. inutilis
Jung 1965
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Tosarca) cf. veatchi
(Olsson 1922)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Pecten) mexicanus
Perrilliat 1992
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Dentalium) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Ferrotepac Fm, which has unknown lithostratigraphic relationships. AGE: Middle Miocene. Justification for biostratigraphic assignment unknown. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but assumed to be similar to collections previously entered by S. Peters. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens (all embedded in matrix). | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Unknown, but probably shallow marine. Environmental designation is based on collections entered by S. Peters. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Perrilliat |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: M. D. Perrilliat (1980's). REPOSITORY: Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (IGM). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for mollusca (gastropoda, bivalvia, and scaphopoda). NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and extensive use of subspecific, and subgenus assignments. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76567 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-23 12:20:36 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-11-23 12:20:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |