Pozos de Serna section: Early/Lower Pliensbachian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus giganteus Quenstedt 1857
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia informal sp. A Defrance 1820
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma informal sp. A Sowerby 1814
? Pseudolimea informal sp. A Douglas and Arkell 1932
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula informal sp. A Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Agerchlamys wunschae (Marwick 1953)
original and current combination Chlamys (Camptochlamys) wunschae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Weyla alata (von Buch 1838)
recombined as Weyla (Weyla) alata
Weyla bodenbenderi (Behrendsen 1891)
recombined as Weyla (Weyla) bodenbenderi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sulcatus Aberhan 1994
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina gueuxi d'Orbigny 1850
Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
? Cardinia informal sp. A Agassiz 1841
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia informal sp. A (Beyrich 1845)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya petricosa (Simpson 1855)
original and current combination Venus petricosa
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Laevitrigoniidae
Frenguelliella poultoni Leanza 1993
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Groeberellidae
Groeberella informal sp. A Leanza 1993
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Sonora
Coordinates: 30.2° North, 112.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.7° North, 54.4° West
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Pliensbachian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliensbachian
Age range of interval:189.60000 - 183.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandy "limestone"
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:115217
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:S. Kolbe
Modifier:S. Kolbe Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-08-31 02:47:07 Last modified:2011-08-30 12:51:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-31 02:47:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37313. A. Scholz, M. Aberhan, and C.M. León. 2008. Early Jurassic bivalves of the Antimonio terrane (Sonora, NW Mexico): Taxonomy, biogeography, and paleogeographic implications. Geological Society of America Special Paper 442:269-312 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe/P. Wagner]