Where: Veracruz, Mexico (20.5° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 94.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tuxpan Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Specific locality or horizon not provided
Environment/lithology: marine; white sandstone
Size class: microfossils
Primary reference: F. J. Vega, R. M. Feldmann, J. L. Villalobos-Hiriart and R. Gio-Argiez. 1999. A new decapod fauna from the Miocene Tuxpan Formation, eastern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 73(3):407-413 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37334: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 12.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer, "Globorotalia obesa" = Globigerinella obesa
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
"Globorotalia obesa" = Globigerinella obesa Bolli 1957 | |
Ostracoda | |
Murrayina gunteri ostracod
Actinocythereis grigsbyi ostracod | |
Cushmanidea ashermani ostracod | |
Cytherella hannai Howe and Law 1936 ostracod |