Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.8° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° N, 69.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• Cretaceous stratigraphy in the Ocozocoantla area spans the Early Campanian through Late Maastrichtian; collection assigned to Campanian following age in Texas
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F. Mullerried
Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197083: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.10.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
"Petalobrissus burckhardti n. sp." = Petalobrissus cubensis
"Petalobrissus burckhardti n. sp." = Petalobrissus cubensis Weisbord 1934 sand dollar |