Pablo 2 borehole (Miocene of Mexico)

Where: Veracruz, Mexico (19.1° N, 96.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 93.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: W. Weiler. 1959. Miozäne Fisch-Otolithen aus der Bohrung S. Pablo 2 im Becken von Veracruz in Mexiko. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 109(1):147-172 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 222553: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.10.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Sciaenidarum veracruzensis n. sp.
Sciaenidarum veracruzensis n. sp. Weiler 1959
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Lepidogobius gatunensis, ? Gobius gracilis n. sp., Gobius atlanticus n. sp.
Lepidogobius gatunensis Schubert 1909 goby
? Gobius gracilis n. sp. Weiler 1959 goby
Gobius atlanticus n. sp. Weiler 1959 goby
 Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Pleuronectidarum irregularis n. sp.
Pleuronectidarum irregularis n. sp. Weiler 1959 flatfish
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros aff. catulus
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
"Nyctophus biatlanticus n. sp." = Symbolophorus biatlanticus, "? Ceratoscopelus pabloensis n. sp." = Hygophum pabloensis
"Nyctophus biatlanticus n. sp." = Symbolophorus biatlanticus Weiler 1959 lanternfish
"? Ceratoscopelus pabloensis n. sp." = Hygophum pabloensis Weiler 1959 lanternfish
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Congridarum occidentalis n. sp.
Congridarum occidentalis n. sp. Weiler 1959 conger eel
Nyctophidarum
  - Nyctophidae
Nyctophidarum sp.
Nyctophidarum sp. Weiler 1959
Nyctophidarum acutus
  - Nyctophidae
Nyctophidarum acutus n. sp.
Nyctophidarum acutus n. sp. Weiler 1959
Hygophus intermedius
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Hygophus intermedius n. sp.
Hygophus intermedius n. sp. Weiler 1959