Jablonski & Raup Locality 188 (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.0° N, 92.0° W: paleocoordinates 20.8° N, 73.9° W)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: D. Jablonski and D. M. Raup. 1999. Unpublished data on Cretaceous-Paleocene molluscan assemblages. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/A. Hendy]more details

PaleoDB collection 1373: authorized by Dave Jablonski, entered by Dave Jablonski on 06.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

• history: new-502, DJ 1992
unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartemya sp. Stephenson 1941 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
 Hippuritida - Antillocaprinidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria alta venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus sp. Agassiz 1843 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869 clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp., "Endocostea goldfussianus" = Inoceramus (Endocostea)
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
"Endocostea goldfussianus" = Inoceramus (Endocostea) clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster