Where: Mexico (16.7° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 71.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Angostura Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Garcia-Barrera. 2006. Rudists of Mexico: Historical Aspects and Selected Areas of Research. in F. J. Vega, T. G. Nyborg et al., eds., Studies on Mexican Paleontology, Vol. 24 of Topics in Geobiology, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands 61-78 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64217: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.09.2006
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