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
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
Cephalopoda | |
"Turrilites brazoensis" = Mariella (Plesioturrilites) brazoensis
"Turrilites brazoensis" = Mariella (Plesioturrilites) brazoensis Roemer 1849 ammonite | |
Cymatoceras hilli Shattuck 1903 | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Gryphaea mucronata" = Texigryphaea mucronata
"Gryphaea mucronata" = Texigryphaea mucronata Gabb 1869 oyster | |
"Pecten texanus" = Camptonectes virgatus
"Pecten texanus" = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
? Cyprimeria texana venus clam | |
Cardium "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Echinoidea | |
Hemiaster calvani heart urchin
? Hemiaster whitei heart urchin |