Where: Puebla, Mexico (18.7° N, 97.9° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 68.6° W)
When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
•flagstones with reddish veins are extracted. Given
•its good appearance and resistance, these rocks are
•used to cover floors and walls."
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega, K. M. Cantalice, J. A. Díaz-Cruz, C. Castañeda-Posadas, and V. Zavaleta-Villareal. 2020. Vertebrate fossils from the San José de Gracia quarry, a new Late Cretaceous marine fossil site in Puebla, Mexico. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 72(1) [M. Uhen/N. Brand/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 215805: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nickolas Brand on 23.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Dercetis sp. Agassiz 1834 | |
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835 | |
Xenyllion sp. Wilson and Murray 1996 | |
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring | |
Reptilia | |
Yaguarasaurinae indet. Palci et al. 2013 mosasaur |