Miquihuana6 (Cretaceous of Mexico)
Where: Tamaulipas, Mexico (23.6° N, 99.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 19.5° N, 41.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Valanginian (137.1 - 132.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
• relatively thick section (approximately 200m) of interbedded limestones, marls, and some fine sands
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1937. Lower Neocomian fossils from the Miquihuana region, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 11(7):552-574 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2130: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999
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Taxonomic list
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| Cephalopoda | |
"Rogersites sp." = Olcostephanus
"Rogersites sp." = Olcostephanus Neumayr 1875 ammonite | |
"Thurmannites sp." = Thurmanniceras, Thurmannites miquihuanensis, Thurmannites angusticostatus, Thurmannites novihispanicus
"Thurmannites sp." = Thurmanniceras Cossmann 1901 ammonite "sp. A" - originally entered as "Thurmannites sp. A"
Thurmannites miquihuanensis Imlay 1937 ammonite
Thurmannites angusticostatus Imlay 1937 ammonite
Thurmannites novihispanicus Imlay 1937 ammonite | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Exogyra putnami" = Aetostreon subsinuatum, Exogyra reedi
"Exogyra putnami" = Aetostreon subsinuatum Leymerie 1842 oyster
Exogyra reedi Imlay 1937 oyster | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Rhynchonella miquihuanensis Imlay 1937 | |
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Antiptychina muellerriedi n. sp. Imlay 1937
Antiptychina lata Imlay 1937 | |
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Terebratula sillimani Imlay 1937 | |