San Carlos (2 mi. from), on road to La Gavia (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico (26.3° N, 101.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 60.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, which overlies the Clansayes horizon, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discused. AGE: Early Albian; on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Thick bedded gray limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Bose; reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated, but presumably E. Böse. REPOSITORY: University of California, Berkeley.

Primary reference: E. Böse and O.A. Cavins. 1927. The Cretaceous and Tertiary of southern Texas and northern Mexico. University of Texas Bulletin 2748:1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88253: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Probably not exhaustive, but comprehensive for ammonoids. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Acanthoceras sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae
 Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
"Acanthoceras cf. camattei" = Tegoceras camatteanum
"Acanthoceras cf. camattei" = Tegoceras camatteanum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Engonoceras sp. Neumayr and Uhlig 1881 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
"Desmoceras (Beudanticeras) beudanti" = Beudanticeras beudanti
"Desmoceras (Beudanticeras) beudanti" = Beudanticeras beudanti Brongniart 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Puzosia cf. mayoriana" = Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Puzosia aff. nolani Fallot 1910 ammonite
"Latidorsella latidorsata" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
Uhligella sp. ammonite
Uhligella aff. walleranti Jacob 1908 ammonite
"Uhligella aff. rebouli" = Beudanticeras (Uhligella) rebouli Jacob 1908 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Hamites simplex d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Phylloceras velledae" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae
"Phylloceras velledae" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae Michelin 1834 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Belemnites sp. belemnite
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Epiaster sp. heart urchin