Where: Mexico (25.4° N, 101.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 75.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithology not reported
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: bulk
Primary reference: L. Martin-Medrano and P. Garcia-Barrera. 2006. Fossil Ophiuroids of Mexico. In F. J. Vega, T. G. Nybor, M. D. C. Perrillat, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, S. A. Quiroz-Barroso (eds.), Topics in Geobiology 24:115-131 [L. Villier/J. Millet/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 80285: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 10.04.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
aff. Ophiomusium sp. Lyman 1869 brittle star |