Also known as Simojovel
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 88.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Simojovel-El Bosque Area Unit C Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• "unnamed formation.. upper part of the Globigerina opima opima Range Zone and the lower part of the G. ciperoensis ciperoensis Interval Zone... i.e., in the early late Oligocene"
•"upper sandstone member of Unit C" (Ferrusquía-Villafranca 2006)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; black siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: one mammal specimen only
Primary reference: I. Ferrusquia. 2003. The first Paleogene mammal record of Middle America: Helohyidae new gen. and sp. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):49A-50A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35366: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Simojovelhyus pocitosense n. gen. n. sp.
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