Tlayúa Quarry (IGM collection): Late/Upper Albian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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cf. Frenolepsis sp.
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
cf. Rhacolephis sp.
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Bennettitales
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Zamites sp.
Brongniart 1828
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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cf. Araucaria sp.
de Jussieu 1789
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Ophiopsiformes
- Ophiopsiellidae
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Teoichthys brevipina n. sp.
Machado et al. 2013
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Machado et al. 2013 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
IGM 6741,6742, 6743, 6744, 6745, 6746, 6747, 6604 | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Cipactlichthys scutatus n. gen., n. sp.
Brito and Alvarado-Ortega 2013
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Brito and Alvarado-Ortega 2013 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
IGM.6605, 6606 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Vinctifer sp.
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Ranulfoichthys dorsonudum n. gen., n. sp.
Alvarado-Ortega 2014
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Alvarado-Ortega 2014 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
IGM 9034-9047, 9467, 9468 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Ellimmichthyiformes
- Ellimmichthyidae
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Ellimmichthys sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Alvarado-Ortega and Ovalles-Damián 2008 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Ellimmichthyiformes
- Armigatidae
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Armigatus carrenoae n. sp.
Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2020
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Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2020 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
IGM 11536, 11537, 11538, 11539, 11540, 11541, 11541, 11543 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Araripchthyiformes
- Araripichthyidae
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Araripichthys weberi n. sp.
Alvarado-Ortega and Brito 2011
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Alvarado-Ortega and Brito 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGM 6232 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
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Michin csernai n. gen., n. sp.
Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2008
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Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2008 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
IGM 9028, 9029-9033, UERJ-PMB 105-109 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Megalopidae
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Megalops sp.
Lacépède 1803
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Elopidae
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Notelops sp.
Woodward 1901
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Callipurbeckiidae
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Lepidotes sp.
Agassiz 1832
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Applegate et al. 2006 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
= Tlayuamichin itztli n. gen., n. sp.
López-Arbarello and Alvarado-Ortega 2011
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López-Arbarello and Alvarado-Ortega 2011 | |||||||||
IGM 6716, 6717, 6718, 6719, 6720 | ||||||||||
Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Mawsoniidae
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Axelrodichthys cf. araripensis
Maisey 1986
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Reynoso 2006 | |||||||||
Two taxa, partial skeletons | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Crocodylomorpha indet.
(Hay 1930)
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Reynoso 2006 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
2 skulls | ||||||||||
= cf. Crocodileimus sp.
Jourdan 1857
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
= Goniopholididae indet.
Cope 1875
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Carbot-Chanona 2014 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Pteranodon sp.
Marsh 1876
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Cabral-Perdomo and Applegate 1994 | 10 elements | ||||||||
Humerus, scapulocoracoids, wing-bones, femur, considered similar to Pteranodon or Nyctosaurus | ||||||||||
= Ornithocheiroidea indet.
Seeley 1870
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Unwin et al. 2000 | |||||||||
Pterodactyloidea indet.
(Plieninger 1901)
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Frey et al. 2006 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Fragmentary articulated wing | ||||||||||
= cf. Nyctosaurus sp.
Marsh 1876
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Applegate et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
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Tlalocbatos applegatei n. gen., n. sp.
Brito et al. 2019
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Brito et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGM 5853 | ||||||||||
Ophiuroidea
- Amphilepidida
- Ophiactidae
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aff. Ophiura sp.
Lamarck 1801
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13 individuals | |||||||||
= Ophiactis applegatei
Martin-Medrano et al. 2009
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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] | |
27189 | ETE | 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] |