San Ramon, Huehuetenango, upper Ixcoy Formation: Campanian - Maastrichtian, Guatemala
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Rhapydioninidae
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Alveolinidae
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Geography
| Country: | Guatemala |
| Coordinates: | 15.8° North, 91.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.0° North, 61.9° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 - Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ixcoy | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper Ixcoy Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: radiolitid biostrome | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
| 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: | 66788 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate,micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2006-10-16 06:19:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-16 06:19:35 |
| 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] |