Where: Nuevo Leon, Mexico (25.8° N, 100.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 91.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cook Mountain Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the "upper part of the Cook Mountain" of northern Mexico. AGE: Placed by enterer in Bartonian on the basis of age for Cook Mountain in GCP. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From "upper part" of Cook Mountain equivalent strata.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Not stated, but possibly Gardner. REPOSITORY: Collections reposited in USGS and USNM collections.
Primary reference: J. Gardner and E. Bowles. 1939. The Venericardia planicosta group in the Gulf Province. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 189(F):143-215 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 111220: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Venericardia (Venericor) cacamai n. sp. Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam |