Arroyo Las Bocas (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Guerrero, Mexico (18.6° N, 99.5° W: paleocoordinates 19.7° N, 70.1° W)

When: Inoceramus labiatus inoceramid zone, Mexcala Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega, L., M. Garibay-Romero, A. Blanco-Piñón, G. González-Barba, F., J. Vega, and E. Centeno-García. 2006. Los peces fósiles del formación Mexcala (Cretácico superior) en el Estado de Guerrero, México. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 9(3):261-272 [J. Díaz-Cruz/J. Díaz-Cruz]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232103: authorized by Jesus Díaz-Cruz, entered by Jesus Díaz-Cruz on 22.10.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
 Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae
Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
Lamniformes indet. Berg 1958 mackerel shark