Muhi quarry: Albian - Cenomanian, Mexico
collected 1998-

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Nunaneichthys mexicanus n. gen., n. sp. Hernández-Guerrero et al. 2021
Hernández-Guerrero et al. 2021 1 specimen
UAHMP-4232
Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Pachyrhizodontidae indet. Cope 1872
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Actinopteri
Euteleostei indet. Rosen 1973
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae
Ichthyotringidae indet. Jordan 1905
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Dercetidae indet. Cope
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus zipapanensis n. sp. Fielitz and González-Rodríguez 2010
Fielitz and González-Rodríguez 2010
Actinopteri
Acanthomorpha indet. (Rosen 1973)
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata
Dalgoichthys tropicalis González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
Holotype: UAHMP-1387
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Pseudomonocentrididae
Handuichthys interopercularis González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
Holotype: UAHMP-1389
Pseudomonocentris microspinosus González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
González-Rodríguez et al. 2013
Holotype: UAHMP-3721
Actinopteri
Clupeomorpha indet. (Greenwood et al. 1966)
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Bardackichthyidae
Heckelichthys preopercularis Banos-Rodriguez et al. 2020
Banos-Rodriguez et al. 2020
Holotype: UAHMP 443
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Aspidorhynchidae indet. Bleeker 1859
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes
Semionotiformes indet. Arambourg and Bertin 1958
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Rajiformes indet. (Berg 1940)
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus sp. Agassiz 1834
González-Barba and Fielitz 2009
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae
Aeger hidalguensis n. sp. Feldmann et al. 2007
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae
Palinurus sp. Weber 1795
Thylacocephala
Polzia eldoctorensis Hegna et al. 2014
Hegna et al. 2014
Victoriacaris muhiensis Hegna et al. 2014
Hegna et al. 2014
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Hidalgo County:Zimapán
Coordinates: 20.8° North, 99.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.9° North, 64.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous
Key time interval:Albian - Cenomanian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:El Doctor Member:La Negra
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Light gray micritic limestone sequence with intercalated black chert lenses
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Geology comments: Open marine basin with a hypersaline and/or poorly oxygenated bottom
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:rare
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1998-present
Collection method comments: Repository: Museo de Paleontología, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAHMP)
Metadata
Database number:135815
Authorizer:S. Peters, M. Clapham, M. Carrano, T. Hegna Enterer:S. McMullen, M. Clapham, M. Carrano, J. Mordaunt, T. Hegna
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:decapod,marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2012-11-10 05:18:12 Last modified:2017-06-11 21:49:05
Access level:the public Released:2012-11-10 05:18:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43018.decapod R. M. Feldmann, F. J. Vega, L. Martinez-Lopez, K. A. Gonzalez-Rodrigues, O. Gonzalex-Leon and M. Rosario Fernandez-Barajas. 2007. Crustacea from the Muhi Quarry (Albian-Cenomanian), and a review of Aptian Mecochiridae (Astacidea) From Mexico. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(3):145-156 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]

Secondary references:

77368 R. E. Banos-Rodriguez, K. A. González-Rodríguez, M. V. H. Wilson and J. A. González-Martínez. 2020. A new species of Heckelichthys from the Muhi Quarry (Albian-Cenomanian) of central Mexico. Cretaceous Research 110:1-14 [M. Clapham/J. Mordaunt]
43468 C. Fielitz and K. A. González-Rodríguez. 2010. A New Species of Enchodus (Aulopiformes: Enchodontidae) from the Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) of Zimapán, Hidalgo, México. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1343-1351 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]
82609 G. González-Barba and C. Fielitz. 2009. Avances en el estudio de los peces de la cantera Muhi (Albiano- Cenomaniano) de Zimapán, Hidalgo [Advances in the study of the fishes from the Muhi quarry (Albanian-Cenomanian) of Zimapán, Hidalgo]. XI Congreso Nacional de Paleontología 30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77269 K. A. González-Rodríguez, H.-P. Schultze, and G. Arratia. 2013. Miniature armored acanthomorph teleosts from the Albian/Cenomanian (Cretaceous) of Mexico. In G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze, M. V. H. Wilson (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes 5 - Global Diversity and Evolution 457-487 [M. Clapham/J. Mordaunt/M. Clapham]
51853 T. A. Hegna, F. J. Vega, and K. A. González-Rodríguez. 2014. First Mesozoic thylacocephalans (Arthropoda, Crustacea; Cretaceous) in the western hemisphere: new discoveries from the Muhi Quarry Lagerstätte. Journal of Paleontology 88(3):606-616 [T. Hegna/T. Hegna/T. Hegna]
78490 C. Hernández-Guerrero, K. M. Cantalice, K. A. González-Rodríguez and V. M. Bravo-Cuevas. 2021. The first record of a pterothrissin (Albuliformes, Albulidae) from the Muhi Quarry, mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) of Hidalgo, central Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 107(103032) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]