Loc. 61-101, Cuenca de Francisco [Indidura Fm] (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico (26.4° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 25.3° N, 64.6° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Indidura Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Indidura Fm, which overlies the Aurora Limestone. AGE: Cenomanian, on the basis of biostratigraphic correlation to better dated Texan lithostratigraphic units, and ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: About 25 ft higher than Loc. 61-100.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Kellum in 1951; reposited in the UMMP

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTOR: Kellum, 1951. REPOSITORY: UMMP.

Primary reference: L. B. Kellum and L. W. Mintz. 1962. Cenomanian ammonites from the Sierra de Tlahualilo, Coahuila, Mexico. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 13(10):267-287 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88649: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa mentioned in systematic publication, primarily ammonites and characteristic bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
"Budaiceras mexicanum" = Budaiceras hyatti
"Budaiceras mexicanum" = Budaiceras hyatti Shattuck 1903 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam