Where: Veracruz, Mexico (18.1° N, 94.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 92.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Coatzacoalcos Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Unknown lithostratigraphic details. Annotations in margin of publication indicate a Late Miocene age.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Missing supplementary information as text is in spanish. Will derive this at a later stage. Unknown museum repositary for this collection
Primary reference: E. Bose. 1906. Sobre algunas faunas terciarias. Boletin del Instituto Geologico de Mexico 22 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59282: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Leda acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Astarte opulentora clam | |
Limopsis aguilari Bose 1906 clam | |
Arca spencer ark | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium rimosum Bose 1906 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Phalium globosum snail | |
Xenophora caribbaea carrier shell | |
Marginella cf. cineracea margin shell
Marginella cf. succinea margin shell | |
"Scaphella dubia" = Aurinia (Aurinia) dubia
"Scaphella dubia" = Aurinia (Aurinia) dubia Broderip 1827 volute | |
? Trophon isthmicus, "Trophon cf. triangulatus" = Boreotrophon triangulatus
? Trophon isthmicus Bose 1906 murex snail
"Trophon cf. triangulatus" = Boreotrophon triangulatus Carpenter 1864 murex snail | |
Cancellaria centrota, "Cancellaria cf. modesta" = Neadmete modesta
Cancellaria centrota snail
"Cancellaria cf. modesta" = Neadmete modesta Carpenter 1864 snail | |
"Conus cf. leoninus" = Conus spurius
"Conus cf. leoninus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
"Pleurotoma cf. henekeni" = Hindsiclava henekeni
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"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli
"Pleurotoma cf. cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli Reeve 1843 snail | |
"Glyphostoma gabbi" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) gabbi
"Glyphostoma gabbi" = Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) gabbi Dall 1889 snail | |
Polystira barretti, "Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris, Pleurotoma (Surcula) angermanni, Pleurotoma (Surcula) veracruzana, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) scaliae, Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) zapoteca
Polystira barretti Guppy 1866 turrid
"Pleurotoma cf. ostrearum" = Turris turrid
Pleurotoma (Surcula) angermanni Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (Surcula) veracruzana Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) scaliae Bose 1906 turrid
Pleurotoma (? Borsonia) zapoteca Bose 1906 turrid | |
Mitra cf. fulgurita mitre shell
Mitra striolata mitre shell | |
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
Oliva subplicata Bose 1906 olive snail | |
Metulella fusiformis Gabb 1873 true whelk | |
Niso interrupta, "Natica (Lunatia) heros" = Euspira heros, "Natica cf. canrena" = Naticarius canrena, "Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata, Sigaretus mexicanus
Niso interrupta snail
"Natica (Lunatia) heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
"Natica cf. canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Natica sulcata" = Stigmaulax sulcata Born 1778 moon snail
Sigaretus mexicanus Bose 1906 moon snail | |
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera
"Scala retifera" = Scalina retifera Dall 1889 wentletrap |