Where: Guerrero, Mexico (17.9° N, 102.2° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 102.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: paralic; sandstone and black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: specimens are from cuttings of a well drilled 10 years prior
Primary reference: J. W. Durham, S.P. Applegate, and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena. 1981. Onshore marine Cenozoic along southwest Pacific coast of Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 92:384-394 [S. Peters/S. Peters]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66169: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 03.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
"Globoquadrina ? venezuelana" = Dentoglobigerina venezuelana
"Globoquadrina ? venezuelana" = Dentoglobigerina venezuelana Hedberg 1937 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chione cf. subrugosa" = Iliochione subrugosa, Chione sp.
"Chione cf. subrugosa" = Iliochione subrugosa Wood 1828 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithidea sp. Swainson 1840 horn snail | |
Cerithium stercomuscarum cerith snail |