San José de Gracia Quarry (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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

• "... cream-brown marly

•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

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Dercetis sp.
Dercetis sp. Agassiz 1834
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp.
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
 Sphenocephaliformes - Sphenocephalidae
Xenyllion sp.
Xenyllion sp. Wilson and Murray 1996
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet.
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring
Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Yaguarasaurinae indet.
Yaguarasaurinae indet. Palci et al. 2013 mosasaur