Where: Michoacán, Mexico (19.1° N, 100.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 73.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cutzamala Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; limestone
Size class: microfossils
Collected in 2003
Primary reference: M. Benammi, E. Centeno-García, E. Martínez-Hernández, M. Morales-Gámez, G. Tolson and J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi. 2005. Presencia de dinosaurios en la Barranca Los Bonetes en el sur de México (Región de Tiquicheo, Estado de Michoacán) y sus implicaciones cronoestratigráficas [Presence of dinosaurs in the Barranca Los Bonetes in southern Mexico (Tiquicheo region, Michoacán state) and their chronostratigraphic implications]. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 22(3):429-435 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 57047: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.12.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
cf. Platycarya sp., aff. Platycarya sp., Momipites microcoryphaeus, Momipites triletipollenites, Momipites aff. tenuipolus, Carya sp.
cf. Platycarya sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1843
aff. Platycarya sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1843
Momipites microcoryphaeus Potonié 1931
Momipites triletipollenites Rouse 1957
Momipites aff. tenuipolus Anderson 1960
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory | |
Chenopodipollis sp. Krutzsch 1966 | |
"cf. Compositae indet." = Asteraceae
"cf. Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
cf. Pandanus sp. Parkinson 1773 pandan | |
Pseudoplicapollis sp., "Momipites triradiatus" = Plicatopollis triradiata
Pseudoplicapollis sp. Krutzsch 1967
"Momipites triradiatus" = Plicatopollis triradiata Nichols 1973 |