Concepción Inferior Formation (unspecified localities) (Pliocene of Mexico)

Where: Veracruz-Llave, Mexico (19.1° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 96.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Concepción Inferior Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Concepción Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Pliocene; calcareous microfossils at this locality give an age of N20, Pliocene according to Akers (1981, p. 146). STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Collection is representative of formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIIFCATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Multiple repositories.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131921: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio clathrata Lamarck 1816 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria (Paziella) dominicensis Gabb 1873 murex snail