Loc. 23, Arroyo Guayule [Aurora Limestone] (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico (26.4° N, 103.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.2° N, 56.6° W (Wright 2013)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aurora Limestone Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Aurora Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed AGE: Albian, on the basis of biostratigraphic correlation to better dated Texan lithostratigraphic units. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Gryphaea mucronata zone; unknown position within the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Kellum in 1953; reposited in the UMMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Kellum, 1953. REPOSITORY: UMMP.

Primary reference: L. B. Kellum. 1956. Cretaceous invertebrates of the Aurora Limestone. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 41:205-231 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88635: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macrofossils. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
"Turrilites brazoensis" = Mariella (Plesioturrilites) brazoensis
"Turrilites brazoensis" = Mariella (Plesioturrilites) brazoensis Roemer 1849 ammonite
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Cymatoceras hilli Shattuck 1903
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Gryphaea mucronata" = Texigryphaea mucronata
"Gryphaea mucronata" = Texigryphaea mucronata Gabb 1869 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten texanus" = Camptonectes virgatus
"Pecten texanus" = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster calvani heart urchin
? Hemiaster whitei heart urchin