Taman, MX-82-8A, Mexico (Jurassic of Mexico)

Where: San Luis Potosi, Mexico (21.3° N, 98.8° W: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 49.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Taman Formation), Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Zone 2 alpha2 - Revision of chronostraphic assignment based on Baumgartner et al. (1995)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified lime mudstone

• steep slope in bathyal to upper abyssal
• Medium gray micritic limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: bulk, hydrochloric,

• Radiolarians only

Primary reference: D. M. Hull. 1997. Upper Jurassic Tethyan and Southern Boreal radiolarians from western North America. Micropaleontology 43(S2):1-202 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50754: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Acanthocircus protoformis" = Eospongosaturninus protoformis
"Acanthocircus protoformis" = Eospongosaturninus protoformis Yao 1972 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
? Triactoma sp. RĂ¼st 1885 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Podobursa rosea radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Parvicingula sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Napora vegaensis, "Napora moctezumaensis" = Napora bukryi, "Napora lospensis" = Napora bukryi
Napora vegaensis radiolarian
"Napora moctezumaensis" = Napora bukryi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
"Napora lospensis" = Napora bukryi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Phantum insperatum radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Tetraditryma emilei radiolarian
Tetratrabs bulbosa Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
Crucella bisulca radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella carteri radiolarian
Paronaella cf. obesa Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Tritrabs mexicana radiolarian
"Neoparonaella chocoyaensis" = Neoparonaella delicata Yang 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acastea prolixa radiolarian
Lanubus sp. Pessagno and Yang 1989 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Gorgansium sp. Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Protovallupus sp. Pessagno and MacLeod 1987 radiolarian
Protovallupus tetlamaensis Pessagno and MacLeod 1987 radiolarian
Protovallupus vaticinus Pessagno and MacLeod 1987 radiolarian