El Piedral, Chinameca village, southern Veracruz, Chinameca Fm, Upper Tithon (Jurassic of Mexico)
Where: Mexico (18.1° N, 94.6° W: paleocoordinates 12.7° N, 46.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chinameca Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; brown limestone and chert
• The exposure is surrounded by the Upper Oligocene Dep6sito Formation.
• Light brown, laminated, and fossiliferous limestone in beds 20-40 cm in thickness
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. Cantu-Chapa. 2006. New Upper Tithonian (Jurassic) Ammonites from the Chinameca Fomation in South Veracruz, Eastern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 80(2):294-308 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/D. Mertz]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142314: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.04.2013
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Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda | |
Haploceras sp. Zittel 1870 ammonite | |
Salinites inflatum Imlay 1939 ammonite
Glochiceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite | |
Olcostephanidae indet. Haug 1910 ammonite | |
Eopaquiericeras pazi Cantu-Chapa 2006 ammonite
Eopaquiericeras peraltai Cantu-Chapa 2006 ammonite | |
Andiceras monserrati, Kossmatia "sp. B", Kossmatia "sp. A", Kossmatia cf. bifurcata, Kossmatia purisima
Andiceras monserrati Aguilera 1895 ammonite
Kossmatia "sp. B" Uhlig 1907 ammonite
Kossmatia "sp. A" Uhlig 1907 ammonite
Kossmatia cf. bifurcata Aguilera 1895 ammonite
Kossmatia purisima Verma and Westermann 1973 ammonite | |
Durangites "sp. B" ammonite
Durangites "sp. A" ammonite
Durangites aff. zigzagcostatus Cantu-Chapa 2006 ammonite
Durangites zigzagcostatus Cantu-Chapa 2006 ammonite | |
Veracruciceras sp. Cantu-Chapa 2006 ammonite
Veracruciceras ruizi Cantu-Chapa 2006 ammonite | |
Chinamecaceras maldonadoi Cantu-Chapa 2006 ammonite |