Tula de Allende: Blancan, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Alvarado-Ortega and Carranza-Castaneda 2002 | |||||||||
| at La Cementera | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equini indet.
Quinn 1955
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| "Dinohippus mexicanus or Equus (Dolichohippus) simplicidens" | ||||||||||
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Nannippus peninsulatus
(Cope 1885)
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Alvarado-Ortega and Carranza-Castaneda 2002 | |||||||||
| at La Cementera | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Kinosternon sp.
von Spix 1824
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Reynoso 2006 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictalurus cf. spodius
Smith 1987
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Alvarado-Ortega and Carranza-Castaneda 2002 | |||||||||
| at La Cementera, Las Tortas, and/or La Viga de Tula | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Catostomidae
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Ictiobus sp.
Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
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Alvarado-Ortega and Carranza-Castaneda 2002 | |||||||||
| at La Cementera, Las Tortas, and/or La Viga de Tula | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Hidalgo |
| Coordinates: | 20.0° North, 99.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.1° North, 98.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene | *Local age/stage: | Blancan |
| Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Hemphillian to early Blancan by Carranza-Castaneda et al. 1998, but Blancan by Alvarado-Ortega and Carranza-Castaneda 2002 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | volcaniclastic argillaceous sandstone |
| Lithology description: "clay-volcanic sand, and ashes" | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: "lake deposits" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tula | ||
| Database number: | 18753 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2013-05-03 10:06:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1181. | O. Carranza-Castaneda, W. E. Miller, and B. J. Kowallis. 1998. New vertebrate faunas from the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, central Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):31A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 7284 | J. Alvarado-Ortega and O. Carranza-Castaneda. 2002. The fossil fishes from Pliocene localities near Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3, suppl.):32A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
| 46663 | V.-H. Reynoso. 2006. Research on fossil amphibians and reptiles in Mexico, from 1869 to early 2004 (including marine forms but excluding pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and obviously, birds). In F. J. Vega, T. G. Nyborg, M. Del Carmen Perrilliat, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, S. A. Quiroz-Barroso (eds.), Studies on Mexican Paleontology 24:209-231 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |