Where: Guerrero, Mexico (18.0° N, 99.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mexcala Formation, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: C. Gonzalez-Arreola. 1977. Amonitas del Coniaciano (Cretacico superior) de la region de Tepetlapa, estado de Guerrero [Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonoids from the Tepetlapa region (Guerrero)]. Revista Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia 1(2):167-173 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100119: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Coilopoceras colleti, "Coilopoceras requieni" = Coilopoceras requienianum
Coilopoceras colleti Hyatt 1903 ammonite
"Coilopoceras requieni" = Coilopoceras requienianum Orbigny 1841 ammonite |