Simojovel (Balumtum Sandstone): Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Paratoceras tedfordi n. sp.
Webb et al. 2003
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Chiapas |
| Coordinates: | 17.2° North, 92.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.8° North, 89.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Balumtum Sandstone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: single specimen | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: tightly cemented conglomerate | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: "amber-bearing beds" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: apparently the only vertebrate present | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V99089 | ||
| Database number: | 35575 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-12-28 10:56:05 | Last modified: | 2003-12-28 12:57:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-28 10:56:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9614. | S. D. Webb, B. L. Beatty, and G. Poinar, Jr. 2003. New evidence of Miocene Protoceratidae including a new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:348-367 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |