Where: Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico (27.8° N, 101.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 57.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: La Péna Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the La Péna Fm, which overlies the Cupido Fm. AGE: Late Aptian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of the formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: A. Cantu-Chapa. 1962. Étude biostratigraphique des Ammonites (Jurassique supérieur et Crétacé) du Mexique (Centre et Nord). Unpublished PhD thesis, A la Faculté des Sciences de L'Université de Paris 1-103 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89547: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.06.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Prolyelliceras aff. prorsocurvatum Gerhardt 1897 ammonite | |
Burckhardtites sp. Humphrey 1949 ammonite | |
Colombiceras sp., "Acanthohoplites aff. ashiltaensis" = Acanthohoplites, "Acanthoplites sp." = Acanthohoplites, "Acanthohoplites aff. abichi" = Acanthohoplites aschiltaensis, Immunitoceras pruvosti n. sp., Hypacanthoplites aff. clavatus, Hypacanthoplites burckhardti, Hypacanthoplites aff. sarasini, Hypacanthoplites aff. rugosus, Hypacanthoplites plesiotypicus, Paracanthoplites sp.
Colombiceras sp. Spath 1923 ammonite
"Acanthohoplites aff. ashiltaensis" = Acanthohoplites ammonite
"Acanthoplites sp." = Acanthohoplites Sinzow 1908 ammonite
"Acanthohoplites aff. abichi" = Acanthohoplites aschiltaensis Anthula 1899 ammonite
Immunitoceras pruvosti n. sp. ammonite
Hypacanthoplites aff. clavatus ammonite
Hypacanthoplites burckhardti ammonite
Hypacanthoplites aff. sarasini ammonite
Hypacanthoplites aff. rugosus ammonite
Hypacanthoplites plesiotypicus Fritel 1906 ammonite
Paracanthoplites sp. Stoyanow 1949 ammonite | |
Megatyloceras sp. ammonite
Cheloniceras aff. subnodocostatum ammonite | |
Pedioceras sp. Gerhardt 1897 ammonite |