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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Poirieria (Paziella) dominicensis Gabb 1873 murex snail | |
Distorsio clathrata Lamarck 1816 snail |