Site IGM-370, Tlayúa Quarry (Aranguthy quarry): Late/Upper Albian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ophiopsiformes
- Ophiopsiellidae
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Teoichthys kallistos n. gen., n. sp.
Applegate 1988
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Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Macrosemiidae
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Macrosemiocotzus americanus n. gen., n. sp.
González-Rodríguez et al. 2004
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González-Rodríguez et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
- Notelopidae
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Nusaviichthys nerivelai
Alvarado-Ortega and Alves 2022
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Alvarado-Ortega and Alves 2022 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| IGM 13001 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Tepexichthys aranguthyorum n. gen., n. sp.
Applegate 1992
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Applegate 1992 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Tepexisaurus tepexii n. gen., n. sp.
Reynoso and Callison 2000
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Reynoso and Callison 2000 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| IGM 7466 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Sphenodontidae
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Ankylosphenodon pachyostosus
Reynoso 2000
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Reynoso 2000 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Puebla |
| Coordinates: | 18.6° North, 97.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.5° North, 64.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tlayúa | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Member. Cantu-Chapa (1987) recognized the genus Hysteroceras, Mortoniceras, and cf. Anisoceras, which represent a typical late Albian ammonite assemblage of the European zone, being similar to the Mortoniceras inflatum zone (Applegate et al., 2006). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,brown,yellow lithified lime mudstone |
| Lithology description: 35-meter sequence of honey-colored, micritic, laminated limestone, with characteristic red, hematitic limestone layers that bear a great diversity of invertebrates and vertebrates | |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Paleontological Museum of the Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonomia de Mexico (IGM UNAM) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tlayua Quarry, Tepexi de Rodrìguez | ||
| Database number: | 136733 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Peters, M. Clapham | Enterer: | S. McMullen, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-03 15:37:33 | Last modified: | 2023-08-21 13:12:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-03 15:37:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 77699. | S. P. Applegate. 1988. A new genus and species of a holostean belonging to the family Ophiopsidae, Teoichthys kallistos, from the Cretaceous, near Tepexi de Rodriguez, Puebla. Revista del Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 7:200-205 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 81541 | J. Alvarado-Ortega and Y. M. Alves. 2022. Nusaviichthys nerivelai gen. et sp. nov., an Albian crossognathiform fish from the Tlayúa lagerstätte, Mexico. Cretaceous Research 135(105189) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 77700 | S. P. Applegate. 1992. A new genus species of pycnodont from the cretaceous (Albian) of Central Mexico, Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla. Revista del Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 10:164-178 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 43725 | K. González-Rodríguez, S. P. Applegate, and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena. 2004. A New World macrosemiid (Pisces: Neopterygii-Halecostomi) from the Albian of México. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):281-289 [S. Peters/S. McMullen] | |
| 37244 | V. H. Reynoso. 2000. An unusual aquatic sphenodontian (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Tlayua Formation (Albian), central Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 74:133-148 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Mannion] | |
| 37246 | V. H. Reynoso and G. Callison. 2000. A new scincomorph lizard from the Early Cretaceous of Puebla, México. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130:183-212 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 82053 | V. H. Reynoso and J. A. Cruz. 2014. Mesozoic lepidosauromorphs of Mexico: a review and discussion of taxonomic assignments. In H. E. Rivera-Sylva, K. Carpenter, & E. Frey (eds.), Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico 44-78 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |