Santa Amelia (Cretaceous of Guatemala)
Where: Peten, Guatemala (16.3° N, 90.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 22.4° N, 59.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• probably Campanian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78121: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2008
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Taxonomic list
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| Echinoidea | |
Barnumia browni n. gen. n. sp.
Barnumia browni n. gen. n. sp. Cooke 1953 heart urchin | |
Hemiaster amelianus n. sp.
Hemiaster amelianus n. sp. Cooke 1953 heart urchin | |
"Pygurostoma pasionensis n. sp." = Pygurostoma pasionense
"Pygurostoma pasionensis n. sp." = Pygurostoma pasionense Cooke 1949 sea urchin | |