Where: Sonora, Mexico (29.7° N, 112.3° W: paleocoordinates 20.3° N, 54.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Imlayi ammonoid zone, Sierra de Santa Rosa Formation (El Antimonio Group), Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• Estación Regional del Noroeste, Instituto de Geología,
•Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Hermosillo, with collection
•numbers with the prefix ERNO
Primary reference: D. Szűcs, C. M. González-León, and J. Pálfy. 2019. Ammonoid biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of Lower Jurassic sections from Sonora (northwest Mexico) and their tectonic implications. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 93:267-282 [J. Pálfy/D. Juhász/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208277: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Dorina Juhász on 26.03.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Metaderoceras sp. Spath 1925 ammonite | |
Gemmellaroceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Polymorphites sp. Haug 1887 ammonite |