Tlayúa Quarry (IGM collection): Late/Upper Albian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
cf. Frenolepsis sp.
Applegate et al. 2006
cf. Rhacolephis sp.
Applegate et al. 2006
Bennettitales
Zamites sp. Brongniart 1828
Applegate et al. 2006
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
cf. Araucaria sp. de Jussieu 1789
Applegate et al. 2006
Ophiopsiformes - Ophiopsiellidae
Teoichthys brevipina n. sp. Machado et al. 2013
Machado et al. 2013 8 specimens
IGM 6741,6742, 6743, 6744, 6745, 6746, 6747, 6604
unclassified
Cipactlichthys scutatus n. gen., n. sp. Brito and Alvarado-Ortega 2013
Brito and Alvarado-Ortega 2013 2 specimens
IGM.6605, 6606
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus sp. Agassiz 1834
Applegate et al. 2006
Vinctifer sp.
Applegate et al. 2006
Actinopteri
Ranulfoichthys dorsonudum n. gen., n. sp. Alvarado-Ortega 2014
Alvarado-Ortega 2014 16 specimens
IGM 9034-9047, 9467, 9468
Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Ellimmichthyidae
Ellimmichthys sp. Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Alvarado-Ortega and Ovalles-Damián 2008
Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Armigatidae
Armigatus carrenoae n. sp. Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2020
Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2020 8 specimens
IGM 11536, 11537, 11538, 11539, 11540, 11541, 11541, 11543
Actinopteri - Araripchthyiformes - Araripichthyidae
Araripichthys weberi n. sp. Alvarado-Ortega and Brito 2011
Alvarado-Ortega and Brito 2011 1 specimen
IGM 6232
Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes
Michin csernai n. gen., n. sp. Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2008
Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2008 11 specimens
IGM 9028, 9029-9033, UERJ-PMB 105-109
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Megalopidae
Megalops sp. Lacépède 1803
Applegate et al. 2006
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Notelops sp. Woodward 1901
Applegate et al. 2006
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Applegate et al. 2006 5 specimens
    = Tlayuamichin itztli n. gen., n. sp. López-Arbarello and Alvarado-Ortega 2011
López-Arbarello and Alvarado-Ortega 2011
IGM 6716, 6717, 6718, 6719, 6720
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Axelrodichthys cf. araripensis Maisey 1986
Applegate et al. 2006
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Reynoso 2006
Two taxa, partial skeletons
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
Crocodylomorpha indet. (Hay 1930)
Reynoso 2006 2 individuals
2 skulls
    = cf. Crocodileimus sp. Jourdan 1857
Applegate et al. 2006
    = Goniopholididae indet. Cope 1875
Carbot-Chanona 2014
Reptilia
cf. Pteranodon sp. Marsh 1876
Cabral-Perdomo and Applegate 1994 10 elements
Humerus, scapulocoracoids, wing-bones, femur, considered similar to Pteranodon or Nyctosaurus
    = Ornithocheiroidea indet. Seeley 1870
Unwin et al. 2000
Pterodactyloidea indet. (Plieninger 1901)
Frey et al. 2006 1 individual
Fragmentary articulated wing
    = cf. Nyctosaurus sp. Marsh 1876
Applegate et al. 2006
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes
Tlalocbatos applegatei n. gen., n. sp. Brito et al. 2019
Brito et al. 2019 1 specimen
IGM 5853
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Ophiactidae
aff. Ophiura sp. Lamarck 1801
13 individuals
    = Ophiactis applegatei Martin-Medrano et al. 2009
Martin-Medrano et al. 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Puebla
Coordinates: 18.6° North, 97.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.5° North, 64.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian
Age range of interval:106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tlayúa
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Member. Cantu-Chapa (1987) recognized the genus Hysteroceras, Mortoniceras, and cf. Anisoceras, which represent a typical late Albian ammonite assemblage of the European zone, being similar to the Mortoniceras inflatum zone (Applegate et al., 2006).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,brown,yellow lithified lime mudstone
Lithology description: 35-meter sequence of honey-colored, micritic, laminated limestone, with characteristic red, hematitic limestone layers that bear a great diversity of invertebrates and vertebrates
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Paleontological Museum of the Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonomia de Mexico (IGM UNAM)
Metadata
Also known as:Tlayua Quarry, Tepexi de Rodrìguez
Database number:80283
Authorizer:L. Villier, M. Carrano, M. Clapham, R. Benson, R. Butler, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Millet, R. Butler, R. Benson, M. Clapham, L. Villier, J. Tennant, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:decapod,marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2008-04-10 07:56:03 Last modified:2023-08-21 13:11:40
Access level:the public Released:2008-04-10 07:56:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26979. L. Martin-Medrano and P. Garcia-Barrera. 2006. Fossil Ophiuroids of Mexico. In F. J. Vega, T. G. Nybor, M. D. C. Perrillat, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, S. A. Quiroz-Barroso (eds.), Topics in Geobiology 24:115-131 [L. Villier/J. Millet/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

77687 J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2014. Ancient herring from the Tlayúa Quarry (Cretaceous, Albian) near Tepexi de Rodíguez, Puebla State, central Mexico, closing the gap in the early diversification of Clupeomorpha. Cretaceous Research 50:171-186 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
43287 J. Alvarado-Ortega and P. M. Brito. 2011. A New Species of Araripichthys (Teleostei, Elopocephala) from the Tlayúa Formation (Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(6):1376-1381 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]
39804 J. Alvarado-Ortega, D. Mayrinck, and P. M. Brito. 2008. A basal pachyrhizodontid fish (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Tlayua Quarry, central Mexico. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7:269-275 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano]
27189ETE J. Alvarado-Ortega and E. Ovalles-Damián. 2008. Triplomystus applegatei, sp. nov. (Teleostei: Ellimmichthyiformes), a rare "triple armored herring" from El Espinal Quarry (Early Cretaceous), Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1):53-60 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77697 J. Alvarado-Ortega, B. A. Than-Marchese, and M. P. Melgarejo-Damián. 2020. On the Albian occurrence of Armigatus (Teleostei, Clupeomorpha) in America, a new species from the Tlayúa Lagerstätte, Mexico. Palaeontologia Electronica 23(3:a52):1-30 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
46668 S. P. Applegate, L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena, J. Alvarado-Ortega and M. Benammi. 2006. Revision of recent investigations in the Tlayua Quarry. Studies on Mexican Paleontology 24:275-304 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
77701 P. M. Brito and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2013. Cipactlichthys scutatus, gen. nov., sp. nov. a new Halecomorph (Neopterygii, Holostei) from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayua Formation of Mexico. PLoS One 8(e73551) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77702 P. M. Brito, E. Villalobos-Segura, and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2019. A new early Cretaceous guitarfish (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea) from the Tlayúa Formation, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 90:155-161 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
31104 M. A. Cabral-Perdomo and S. P. Applegate. 1994. Pterosaurs from the Tlayua quarries near Tepexi de Rodriguez, central Mexico and its paleoecological significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14:19A [R. Butler/R. Butler]
82052 G. Carbot-Chanona. 2014. Overview of Mesozoic crocodyliforms from Mexico. In H. E. Rivera-Sylva, K. Carpenter, & E. Frey (eds.), Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico 110-125 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
31103 E. Frey, M.-C. Buchy, W. Stinnesbeck, A. González González, and A. Stefano. 2006. Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis n. g., n. sp., a nyctosaurid pterosaur with soft tissue preservation from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of northeast Mexico (Coahuila). Oryctos 6:19-39 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
82054 E. Frey and W. Stinnesbeck. 2014. Mexican pterosaurs—rare jewels in the fossil record. In H. E. Rivera-Sylva, K. Carpenter, & E. Frey (eds.), Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico 126-142 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77717 A. López-Arbarello and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2011. New semionotiform (Neopterygii) from the Tlayúa Quarry (Early Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico. Zootaxa 2749:1-24 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47956 G. P. Machado, J. Alvarado-Ortega, L. P. Machado and P. M. Brito. 2013. Teoichthys brevipina, sp. nov., a new ophiopsid fish (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayúa Formation, Central Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):482-487 [M. Bell/M. Bell]
31403 L. Martin-Medrano, B. Thuy, and P. Garcia-Barrera. 2009. New Albian (Early Cretaceous) ophiuroids from Tlayua Quarry, Puebla, Mexico. Palaeontology 52(1):83-94 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
46663 V.-H. Reynoso. 2006. Research on fossil amphibians and reptiles in Mexico, from 1869 to early 2004 (including marine forms but excluding pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and obviously, birds). In F. J. Vega, T. G. Nyborg, M. Del Carmen Perrilliat, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, S. A. Quiroz-Barroso (eds.), Studies on Mexican Paleontology 24:209-231 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]