El Almacigo (Cretaceous of Mexico)
Where: Mexico (25.5° N, 101.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 75.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine delta plain; lithology not reported
• This material was deposited in a lake or estuary environment, forming part of a delta system during the late Campanian.
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: adpression
Primary reference: E. Estrada-Ruiz, L. Calvillo-Canadell, and S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz. 2009. Upper Cretaceous aquatic plants from Northern Mexico. American Journal of Botany 90(4):282-288 [S. Wing/N. Jud]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116342: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Nathan Jud on 07.09.2011
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Taxonomic list
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| Angiospermae | |
Ceratophyllum lesii n. sp.
Ceratophyllum lesii n. sp. hornwort | |
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Arecaceae indet. von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm | |
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Rhamnaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 buckthorn | |