Where: Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico (26.4° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 25.3° N, 64.6° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aurora Limestone Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Aurora Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed AGE: Albian, on the basis of biostratigraphic correlation to better dated Texan lithostratigraphic units. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Gryphaea mucronata zone; unknown position within the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Kellum in 1953; reposited in the UMMP
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Kellum, 1953. REPOSITORY: UMMP.
Primary reference: L. B. Kellum. 1956. Cretaceous invertebrates of the Aurora Limestone. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 41:205-231 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88630: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Cymatoceras hilli Shattuck 1903 | |
Gastropoda | |
? Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
? Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
Amauropsis cf. bulbiformis moon snail | |
Tylostoma kentense snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Veniella "sp. B" Stoliczka 1870 clam | |
"Gryphaea mucronata" = Texigryphaea mucronata
"Gryphaea mucronata" = Texigryphaea mucronata Gabb 1869 oyster | |
Pecten sp., "Pecten texanus" = Camptonectes virgatus
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
"Pecten texanus" = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Echinoidea | |
Hemiaster ? calvani heart urchin
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin | |
Enallaster texanus Roemer 1849 heart urchin | |
? Holaster sp. Agassiz 1836 sea urchin | |
Holectypus "sp. D" sea urchin
Holectypus sp. sea urchin |