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
Ictiobus aguilerai n. sp. Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
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]