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
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Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchonella durangensis Imlay 1940 | |
Antiptychina muellerriedi Imlay 1937 | |
Gastropoda | |
Vermetus cornejoi Castillo and Aguilera 1895 worm shell "cornejoi var. varians" - originally entered as "Vermetus cornejoi var. varians"
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Cephalopoda | |
"Thurmannites sp." = Thurmanniceras
"Thurmannites sp." = Thurmanniceras Cossmann 1901 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra reedi Imlay 1937 oyster |