Also known as Tlayua Quarry, Tepexi de Rodrìguez
Where: Puebla, Mexico (18.6° N, 97.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.5° N, 64.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tlayúa Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Middle Member. Cantu-Chapa (1987) recognized the genus Hysteroceras, Mortoniceras, and cf. Anisoceras, which represent a typical late Albian ammonite assemblage of the European zone, being similar to the Mortoniceras inflatum zone (Applegate et al., 2006).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, brown, yellow lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Paleontological Museum of the Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonomia de Mexico (IGM UNAM)
Primary reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2004. Description and Relationships of a New Ichthyodectiform Fish from the Tlayúa Formation (Early Cretaceous: Albian), Puebla, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):802-813 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/S. McMullen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 133991: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 01.10.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Paraclupea seilacheri2 Alvarado-Ortega and Melgarejo-Damián 2017 | |
Unamichthys espinosai n. gen. n. sp.
Unamichthys espinosai n. gen. n. sp. Alvarado-Ortega 2004 | |
Notagogus novomundi3 González-Rodríguez and Reynoso 2004 | |
Reptilia | |
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Pamizinsaurus tlayuanensis n. gen. n. sp.4
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Osteichthyes | |
Quetzalichthys perrilliatae n. gen. n. sp.1
Quetzalichthys perrilliatae n. gen. n. sp.1 Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 2008 ray-finned fish |