Where: Sonora, Mexico (30.3° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 50.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: collected by Dr. W. T. Keller (Basel)
Primary reference: E. Jaworski. 1929. Eine Lias-Fauna aus Nordwest-Mexiko. Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 48:1-12 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39132: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 20.05.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Pentacrinus sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809 | |
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883 | |
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonites sp. Bruguière 1789 ammonite | |
Belemnites sp. Lamarck 1799 belemnite | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
"Neithea mexicana" = Weyla (Weyla) meeki
"Neithea mexicana" = Weyla (Weyla) meeki Damborenea 1987 scallop | |
Lima nodulosa file clam
Plagiostoma cf. exaltata file clam | |
"Trigonia cf. inexspectata" = Frenguelliella inexspectata
"Trigonia cf. inexspectata" = Frenguelliella inexspectata Jaworski 1916 clam |