Where: Mexico (18.3° N, 97.6° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 54.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: San Juan Raya Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: collected by J. G. Aguilera in the end of the 19th century
Primary reference: G. A. d.e. Cserna. 1956. Pelecipidos y gasteropodos del Cretacico inferior de la region de San Juan Raya-Zapotitlan, Estado de Puebla. Paleontologia Mexicana (2)1-47 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69900: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 09.03.2007, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella minuta" = Turritelloidea minuta
"Turritella minuta" = Turritelloidea minuta Koch and Dunker 1837 snail | |
Nerinea azteca n. sp. snail | |
Tylostoma aguilerai n. sp.
Tylostoma aguilerai n. sp. snail | |
Natica cf. sueurii moon snail
Lunatia praegrandis moon snail | |
Chenopus sp. Philippi snail
Harpagodes cf. desori Pictet and Campiche 1864 snail | |
"Uchauxia fraasi" = Procerithium
"Uchauxia fraasi" = Procerithium snail | |
Cassiope suturosa snail
Cassiope cf. renevieri snail | |
"Actaeonina (Goniocylindrites) tehuacanensis" = Acteonina
"Actaeonina (Goniocylindrites) tehuacanensis" = Acteonina snail | |
Cerithium bustamantii cerith snail | |
Craginia floresi n. sp.
Craginia floresi n. sp. turret shell | |
Nododelphinula galeotti snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Isognomon lamberti oyster | |
Ostrea alicula oyster | |
Exogyra acuticosta oyster | |
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) rayaensis n. sp." = Cosmetodon
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) rayaensis n. sp." = Cosmetodon clam | |
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Pholadomya cf. gigantea Sowerby 1836 clam | |
""Cyprina" sanzi" = Arctica
""Cyprina" sanzi" = Arctica clam | |
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Astarte subcostata clam | |
Anthozoa | |
"Cyathophora atempa" = Cryptocoenia biedai2, "Procyathophora aguilerai n. sp." = Cryptocoenia aguilerai2
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"Thamnasteria decipiens" = Astraeofungia decipiens2
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"Complexastrea cyclops" = Haldonia cyclops2
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"Procyathophora poblana n. sp." = Ksiazkiewiczia poblana2
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"Thamnasteria crespoi" = Fungiastraea crespoi2, "Felixastraea mexicana n. sp." = Loboseris mexicana2
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Thamnasteria felixi n. sp.2
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