Where: Mexico (26.3° N, 112.4° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° N, 98.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bateque Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• "Tejon Stage"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, shelly/skeletal, conglomeratic sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: coquina
Reposited in the LACM
• Repository: Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
Primary reference: M. R. Sandy, R. L. Squires, and R. Demetrion. 1995. Middle Eocene Terebratulide Brachiopods from the Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 69(1):45-51 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 159091: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 26.07.2014, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Macrocallista sp. Meek 1876 venus clam | |
? Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
? Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratalia batequia n. sp.
Terebratalia batequia n. sp. Sandy et al. 1995 85 articulated specimens; separate valves, some fragmentary, 33 brachial valves, and 61 pedicle valves; additional fragmentary material
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Terebratulina cf. louisianae Stenzel 1940 |