A4-Eastern Durango (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Durango, Mexico (24.2° N, 102.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.7° N, 43.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Carbonera Formation, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray shale and sandstone

Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1940. Neocomian Faunas of Northern Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 51(1):117-190 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2152: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus cornejoi Castillo and Aguilera 1895 worm shell
"cornejoi var. varians" - originally entered as "Vermetus cornejoi var. varians"
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
"Thurmannites sp." = Thurmanniceras
"Thurmannites sp." = Thurmanniceras Cossmann 1901 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra reedi Imlay 1937 oyster
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
originally entered as "Gryphaea spp."