Miquihuana5-4: Valanginian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Thurmannites sp. Kilian and Reboul 1914
synonym of Thurmanniceras
Thurmannites sp. Kilian and Reboul 1914
synonym of Thurmanniceras
"sp. A" - originally entered as "Thurmannites sp. A"
Thurmannites miquihuanensis Imlay 1937
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Tamaulipas
Coordinates: 23.6° North, 99.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.5° North, 53.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Valanginian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
*Epoch:Neocomian
Key time interval:Valanginian
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:Miquihuana Local bed:4
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Geology comments: argillaceous light brown limestone, includes some marls; weathers pinkish along blocky jointing
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2129
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-22 17:18:30 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:06
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

64. R. W. Imlay. 1937. Lower Neocomian fossils from the Miquihuana region, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 11(7):552-574 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/J. Alroy]