Where: Coahuila, Mexico (28.3° N, 102.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 74.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Austin Group, Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Museo de Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
Primary reference: H. G. Porras-Múzquiz, S. Chaterjee, and T. M. Lehmann. 2014. The carinate bird Ichthyornis from the Upper Cretaceous of Mexico. Cretaceous Research 51:148-152 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160666: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 26.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ichthyornis dispar Marsh 1872 bird MUZ-689, nearly complete right humerus in a slab (MUZ-689A) and a counter slab (MUZ-689B) showing the posterior aspect.
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