La Cementura: Pliocene, Mexico
collected by O. Carranza-Castaneda and G. Alvarez-Reyes 2000-2006
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Catostomidae
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Ictiobus aguilerai n. sp.
Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Hidalgo |
Coordinates: | 20.0° North, 99.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 20.1° North, 98.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Altitude: | 0 feet | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Jebel Qatrani |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | claystone |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all macrofossils,all microfossils | ||
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | O. Carranza-Castaneda and G. Alvarez-Reyes | Collection dates: | 2000-2006 |
Collection method comments: Instituto Geologico de Mexico (IMG) Collection |
Metadata
Database number: | 133341 | ||
Authorizer: | S. Peters | Enterer: | S. McMullen |
Modifier: | S. McMullen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-09-10 09:32:54 | Last modified: | 2012-09-09 22:52:54 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-09-10 09:32:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
42925. | J. Alvarado-Ortega, O. Carranza-CastaƱeda, and G. Alvarez-Reyes. 2006. A New Fossil Species of Ictiobus (Teleostei: Catostomidae) from Pliocene Lacustrine Sediments near Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 80(5):993-1008 [S. Peters/S. McMullen] |
Secondary references:
42923 | A. M. Murray and Y. S. Attia. 2004. A New Species of Lates (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Lower Oligocene of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):299-308 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/S. McMullen] |