Ferrotepec Fm., IGM Loc. 17 (Miocene of Mexico)
Where: Michoacan, Mexico (18.0° N, 102.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 99.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ferrotepec Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone and siltstone
Primary reference: J. W. Durham, S.P. Applegate, and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena. 1981. Onshore marine Cenozoic along southwest Pacific coast of Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 92:384-394 [S. Peters/S. Peters]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66165: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 03.10.2006
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Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Cunearca telemba Olsson 1964 ark | |
"Chione tembla" = Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis, "Cyclinella" cf. beteyensis
"Chione tembla" = Lirophora (Lirophora) falconensis Hodson et al. 1927 venus clam
"Cyclinella" cf. beteyensis Olsson 1922 venus clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
Turritella ocoyana, "Turritella cf. altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira, Turritella acosta
Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855 turret shell
"Turritella cf. altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella acosta Olsson 1964 turret shell | |
"Eocypraea keenae" = Sphaerocypraea wegeneri keenae
"Eocypraea keenae" = Sphaerocypraea wegeneri keenae Woodring 1959 snail | |
Conus boggsi, "Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus
Conus boggsi Olsson 1964 cone shell
"Conus multiliratus" = Conasprelloides multiliratus Olsson 1922 cone shell [entered as Conus multilirata]
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Polystira tenagos Gardner 1947 turrid
? Scobinella sp. Conrad 1848 turrid | |
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Cymia sp. Mörch 1860 murex snail | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |