Simojovel (Balumtum Sandstone): Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Paratoceras tedfordi n. sp.
Webb et al. 2003
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(5 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Chiapas |
Coordinates: | 17.2° North, 92.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 17.8° North, 89.0° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Balumtum Sandstone | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: single specimen |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
Lithology description: tightly cemented conglomerate | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Geology comments: "amber-bearing beds" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: apparently the only vertebrate present |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V99089 | ||
Database number: | 35575 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-12-28 10:56:05 | Last modified: | 2003-12-28 12:57:54 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-28 10:56:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9614. | S. D. Webb, B. L. Beatty, and G. Poinar, Jr. 2003. New evidence of Miocene Protoceratidae including a new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:348-367 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |