Where: Tamaulipas, Mexico (24.2° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 22.2° N, 58.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Clansayes Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Clansayes horizon (or correlative of), for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discused. AGE: Albian; on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, red, yellow limestone
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 88254: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Puzosia cf. kiliani ammonite
Uhligella sp. ammonite | |
"Acanthoplites aff. crassicostatus" = Acanthohoplites
"Acanthoplites aff. crassicostatus" = Acanthohoplites ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Inoceramus cf. anglicus" = Gnesioceramus anglicus
"Inoceramus cf. anglicus" = Gnesioceramus anglicus Woods 1911 clam |