Los Hornos Section,Comburindio Fm., upper biostrome (JP95-485) (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Also known as Loma San Juan hill

Where: Michoacan, Mexico (18.5° N, 100.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 56.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cumburindio Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; sandstone and sandy limestone

• from lithic calcareous sandstone to sandy limestone and, in the upper part, argillaceous limestone (mudstone)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Alencaster and J. Pantoja-Alor. 1998. Two new Lower Cretaceous rudists (Bivalvia-Hippuritacea) from the Huetamo Region; Southwestern Mexico. Geobios 22:15-28 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161242: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Caprina massei
 Hippuritida - Caprinuloideidae
Pantojaloria sphaerica, Amphitriscoelus waringi, Amphitriscoelus pluriloculata
Amphitriscoelus waringi Harris and Hodson 1922 rudist
Amphitriscoelus pluriloculata Alencaster and Pantoja-Alor 1996 rudist
 Hippuritida - Polyconitidae
Douvillelia skeltoni n. sp.
Douvillelia skeltoni n. sp. rudist