Where: Guerrero, Mexico (18.2° N, 99.0° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 80.4° W)
When: Mexcala Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; brown shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. Cozatl & S. Kiel in 1998
• They are deposited in the Paleontological Collection of the Instituto de Geologia, UNAM. This
Primary reference: S. Kiel and M. d. C. Perrilliat. 2001. New gastropods from the Maastrichtian of the Mexcala Formation in Guerrero, southern Mexico, part 1: Stromboidea. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 222(3):407-426 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177609: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.04.2016
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Lispodesthes lilipus n. sp., Torgnellus sp., Anchura denticulata n. sp., Pterocerella sp., Mexopus mexicanus n. gen. n. sp., Mexopus robustus n. sp.
Lispodesthes lilipus n. sp. snail
Torgnellus sp. Olsson 1934 snail
Anchura denticulata n. sp. snail
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail
Mexopus mexicanus n. gen. n. sp. snail
Mexopus robustus n. sp. snail | |
"Calyptraphorus binodiferus" = Eocalyptraphorus binodiferus
"Calyptraphorus binodiferus" = Eocalyptraphorus binodiferus Perrilliat and Vega 1997 snail | |
Rimella mexcala n. sp.
Rimella mexcala n. sp. true conch | |
Acanthoxenophora sinuosa Perrilliat and Vega 2001 carrier shell |