Wieland collection 1909: Late/Upper Jurassic, Mexico
collected by G. R. Wieland 1909
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Metriorhynchinae indet.
Buchy 2008
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| IGM 9026 (holotype) | ||||||||||
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= Torvoneustes mexicanus
Barrientos-Lara et al. 2016
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Barrientos-Lara et al. 2016 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Oaxaca | County: | Tlaxiaco |
| Coordinates: | 17.0° North, 97.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.4° North, 49.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | G. R. Wieland | Collection dates: | 1909 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137352 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, G. Lloyd | Enterer: | J. Tennant, G. Lloyd |
| Modifier: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-14 22:17:31 | Last modified: | 2013-02-01 08:30:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-14 22:17:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43946. | M.-C. Buchy. 2008. Reevaluation of the holotype of Plesiosaurus (Polyptychodon) mexicanus, Wieland, 1910 from the Upper Jurassic of Mexico: a thalattosuchian, not a sauropterygian. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 25(3):517-522 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant] |
Secondary references:
| 66118 | J. I. Barrientos-Lara, Y. Herrera, M. S. Fernandez and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2016. Occurrence of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Metriorhynchidae) in marine Jurassic deposits of Oaxaca, Mexico. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 19(3):415-424 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/G. Varnham] |