Where: Coahuila, Mexico (25.0° N, 101.0° W: paleocoordinates 20.7° N, 52.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: La Caja Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• "Early Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) section of the La Caja Fm."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; phosphatic, silty shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M.-C. Buchy, P. Vignaud, E. Frey, W. Stinnesbeck, and A. H. G. Gonzalez. 2006. A new thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico. Comptes Rendus Palevol 5:785-794 [M. Carrano/H. Street/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 104859: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 11.02.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pliosauridae indet. Seeley 1874 plesiosaur Incomplete skeleton (CEP1843) and isolated cervical centrum (CEP1850)
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Ophthalmosauridae indet. Andrews 1910 ichthyosaur Numerous isolated vertebrae, including indicating very large individuals (e.g. CEP1811, 1813, 1818, 1819, 1822, 1826); partial postcrania (e.g. CEP1836)
Ophthalmosaurus icenicus Seeley 1874 ichthyosaur Skull and mandible and associated partial postcranium (CEP1876)
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Thalattosuchia indet. Fraas 1901 marine crocodile Partial rostrum (CEP1841); numerous isolated vertebrae and postcranial elements (e.g. CEP1810, 1816, 1855)
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"Geosaurus saltillense n. sp." = Cricosaurus saltillensis, cf. Metriorhynchus sp.
"Geosaurus saltillense n. sp." = Cricosaurus saltillensis Buchy et al. 2006 marine crocodile MUDE CEP1823, holotype poorly preserved skull, lacking snout, and postcranium
cf. Metriorhynchus sp. von Meyer 1830 marine crocodile Partial to subcomplete skulls and postcranium (CEP1831, 1856, 1857); isolated teeth
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