El Ceibo, Peten, Campur Formation: Turonian, Guatemala
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Geography
| Country: | Guatemala |
| Coordinates: | 17.2° North, 91.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.0° North, 54.0° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.9 - 89.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Campur |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: light chalky limestone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Yucatan Platform | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 66787 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-16 06:14:16 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-16 06:14:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19019. | R. W. Scott. 1995. Cretaceous rudists of Guatemala. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 12(2):294-306 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |