Muhi quarry: Albian - Cenomanian, Mexico
collected 1998-
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Nunaneichthys mexicanus n. gen., n. sp.
Hernández-Guerrero et al. 2021
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Hernández-Guerrero et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UAHMP-4232 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
- Pachyrhizodontidae
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Pachyrhizodontidae indet.
Cope 1872
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Euteleostei indet.
Rosen 1973
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Ichthyotringidae
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Ichthyotringidae indet.
Jordan 1905
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Dercetidae
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Dercetidae indet.
Cope
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus zipapanensis n. sp.
Fielitz and González-Rodríguez 2010
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Fielitz and González-Rodríguez 2010 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
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Acanthomorpha indet.
(Rosen 1973)
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
Dalgoichthys tropicalis
González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
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González-Rodríguez et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Holotype: UAHMP-1387 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Beryciformes
- Pseudomonocentrididae
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Handuichthys interopercularis
González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
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González-Rodríguez et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Holotype: UAHMP-1389 | ||||||||||
Pseudomonocentris microspinosus
González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
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González-Rodríguez et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Holotype: UAHMP-3721 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
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Clupeomorpha indet.
(Greenwood et al. 1966)
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Bardackichthyidae
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Heckelichthys preopercularis
Banos-Rodriguez et al. 2020
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Banos-Rodriguez et al. 2020 | |||||||||
Holotype: UAHMP 443 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Aspidorhynchidae indet.
Bleeker 1859
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
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Semionotiformes indet.
Arambourg and Bertin 1958
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Rajiformes indet.
(Berg 1940)
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax sp.
Whitley 1939
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Ptychodontidae
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Ptychodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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González-Barba and Fielitz 2009 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Aegeridae
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Aeger hidalguensis n. sp.
Feldmann et al. 2007
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Palinuridae
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Palinurus sp.
Weber 1795
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Thylacocephala
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Polzia eldoctorensis
Hegna et al. 2014
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Hegna et al. 2014 | |||||||||
Victoriacaris muhiensis
Hegna et al. 2014
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Hegna et al. 2014 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Hidalgo | County: | Zimapán |
Coordinates: | 20.8° North, 99.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 18.9° North, 64.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Albian - Cenomanian |
Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Light gray micritic limestone sequence with intercalated black chert lenses | |
Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
Geology comments: Open marine basin with a hypersaline and/or poorly oxygenated bottom |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | rare |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1998-present |
Collection method comments: Repository: Museo de Paleontología, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAHMP) |
Metadata
Database number: | 135815 | ||
Authorizer: | S. Peters, M. Clapham, M. Carrano, T. Hegna | Enterer: | S. McMullen, M. Clapham, M. Carrano, J. Mordaunt, T. Hegna |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | decapod,marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-11-10 05:18:12 | Last modified: | 2017-06-11 21:49:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-10 05:18:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43018. | decapod | R. M. Feldmann, F. J. Vega, L. Martinez-Lopez, K. A. Gonzalez-Rodrigues, O. Gonzalex-Leon and M. Rosario Fernandez-Barajas. 2007. Crustacea from the Muhi Quarry (Albian-Cenomanian), and a review of Aptian Mecochiridae (Astacidea) From Mexico. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(3):145-156 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson] |
Secondary references:
77368 | R. E. Banos-Rodriguez, K. A. González-Rodríguez, M. V. H. Wilson and J. A. González-Martínez. 2020. A new species of Heckelichthys from the Muhi Quarry (Albian-Cenomanian) of central Mexico. Cretaceous Research 110:1-14 [M. Clapham/J. Mordaunt] | |
43468 | C. Fielitz and K. A. González-Rodríguez. 2010. A New Species of Enchodus (Aulopiformes: Enchodontidae) from the Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) of Zimapán, Hidalgo, México. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1343-1351 [S. Peters/S. McMullen] | |
82609 | G. González-Barba and C. Fielitz. 2009. Avances en el estudio de los peces de la cantera Muhi (Albiano- Cenomaniano) de Zimapán, Hidalgo [Advances in the study of the fishes from the Muhi quarry (Albanian-Cenomanian) of Zimapán, Hidalgo]. XI Congreso Nacional de Paleontología 30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
77269 | K. A. González-Rodríguez, H.-P. Schultze, and G. Arratia. 2013. Miniature armored acanthomorph teleosts from the Albian/Cenomanian (Cretaceous) of Mexico. In G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze, M. V. H. Wilson (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes 5 - Global Diversity and Evolution 457-487 [M. Clapham/J. Mordaunt/M. Clapham] | |
51853 | T. A. Hegna, F. J. Vega, and K. A. González-Rodríguez. 2014. First Mesozoic thylacocephalans (Arthropoda, Crustacea; Cretaceous) in the western hemisphere: new discoveries from the Muhi Quarry Lagerstätte. Journal of Paleontology 88(3):606-616 [T. Hegna/T. Hegna/T. Hegna] | |
78490 | C. Hernández-Guerrero, K. M. Cantalice, K. A. González-Rodríguez and V. M. Bravo-Cuevas. 2021. The first record of a pterothrissin (Albuliformes, Albulidae) from the Muhi Quarry, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) of Hidalgo, central Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 107(103032) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |