NW-Eastern Durango (Cretaceous of Mexico)
Where: Durango, Mexico (24.2° N, 102.8° W: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 55.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Carbonera Formation, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: gray shale and sandstone
Collection methods: second collection from this horizon
Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1940. Neocomian Faunas of Northern Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 51(1):117-190 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2153: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.06.1999
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Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
"Astrocoenia hispaniensis" = Paretallonia hispaniensis
"Astrocoenia hispaniensis" = Paretallonia hispaniensis Imlay 1940 stony coral | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Exogyra reedi Imlay 1937 oyster | |
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Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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cf. Thurmannites novihispanicus Imlay 1937 ammonite originally entered as "Thurmannites cf. novihispanicus"
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| Gastropoda | |
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Vermetus cornejoi Castillo and Aguilera 1895 worm shell "cornejoi var. varians" - originally entered as "Vermetus cornejoi var. varians"
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