Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Balumtun Sandstone Formation (Rio Concepcion Group), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• IHNFG Specimens.
Primary reference: M. d. C. Perrilliat, F. J. Vega, and M. A. Coutiño. 2010. Miocene mollusks from the Simojovel area in Chiapas, southwestern Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 30:111-119 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176435: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 11.02.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Cypraea (Erosaria) cf. aliena" = Erosaria aliena
"Cypraea (Erosaria) cf. aliena" = Erosaria aliena Schilder 1939 cowry |