TU 1080 - Méndez: Late/Upper Oligocene, Mexico
collected by Vokes & Vokes
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus incrassatus
Gabb 1873
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Vokes 1972 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Tamaulipas |
| Coordinates: | 25.1° North, 98.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.8° North, 93.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Oligocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coralliferous limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | Vokes & Vokes |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. Vokes and H. Vokes. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text, and subsequent publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92574 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-17 19:05:06 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-17 19:05:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31182. | E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 31267 | H. E. Vokes. 1972. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - IX. On the presence of Kuphus incrassatus Gabb. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):41-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |