79-4 Cerro El Zamotal (Triassic of Mexico)

Where: Sonora, Mexico (28.6° N, 110.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 13.5° N, 40.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Clara Formation (Barranca Group), Carnian (237.0 - 227.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: R. Weber, R. Trjo-Cruz, A. Tores-Romo and A. Garcia-Padilla. 1980. Hipotesis de trabajo acerca de la paleoecologia de comunidades de la tafoflora Santa Clara del Triasico Tardio de Sonora. Univ. Nal. Auton. Mexico, Inst. Geologia, Revista 4(2):138-154 [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/D. Sunderlin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24075: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Dave Sunderlin on 29.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Asterotheca sp. Presl 1845
Macrotaeniopteris
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Macrotaeniopteris sp. Schimper 1869
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
 Cycadales - Cycadaceae
Ctenophyllum braunianum Göppert 1844 cycads
 Cordaitales -
Pelourdea sp. Seward 1917
 Bennettitales -