Hacienda Tierra Amarilla (Oligocene of Mexico)

Where: Veracruz, Mexico (21.1° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.8° N, 92.4° W)

When: Mesón Formation, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. T. Jackson. 1937. Mexican fossil echini. Proceedings fo the United States National Museum 84(3015):227-237 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204613: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster meridanensis Michelin 1850 sand dollar
 Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Stomopneustes pristinus n. sp. Jackson 1937 sea urchin