Where: Hidalgo, Mexico (20.4° N, 98.2° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 47.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Raricostatum ammonoid zone, Huayacocotla Formation, Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• the collections of the Instituto de Geología of Mexico (UNAM).
Primary reference: C. Meister, J. Blau, J.-L. Dommergues, R. Schlatter, R. Schmidt-Effing and K. Burk. 2005. Ammonites from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) of Tenango de Doria (Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico). Part IV: Biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and taxonomic addendum. Revue de Paléobiologie 24(1):365-384 [J. Pálfy/D. Juhász]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208532: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Dorina Juhász on 03.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Partschiceras sp. Fucini 1920 ammonite | |
Angulaticeras sp. Quenstedt 1882 ammonite | |
Paltechioceras harbledownense ammonite |