Where: Sonora, Mexico (30.1° N, 112.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° S, 134.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: La Cienega Formation, Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: F. Sour-Tovar, J. W. Hagadorn, and T. Huitron-Rubio. 2007. Ediacaran and Cambrian index fossils from Sonora, Mexico. Palaeontology 50(1):169-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99427: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cloudina | |
Cloudina sp. Germs 1972 |