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Buelna, Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Formation | Buelna |
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Age: | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian |
Interval | Toyonian |
Lithology | reef rocks/wackestone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 5 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Cerro de la Proveedora | Caborca Municipality, Sonora, Mexico | Buelna |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Puerto Blanco - unit 3 | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | reef rocks | 56 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Chancelloria sp. genus | Animalia : Problematica : Coeloscleritophora : Chancelloriida : Chancelloriidae : Chancelloria | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian |
Claruscoscinus sp. genus | Animalia : Porifera : Irregulares : Archaeocyathida : Claruscoscinus | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian |
Archaeocyathus sp. genus | Animalia : Porifera : Archaeocyathidae : Archaeocyathus | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian |
Girvanella sp. genus | Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : Cyanophyceae : Porostromataceae : Girvanella | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian |
Renalcis sp. genus | Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : Renalcis | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian |
References
Debrenne F., Gandin A., et al (1989) Lower Cambrian bioconstructions in Northwestern Mexico (Sonora). Depositional setting, paleoecology and systematics of Archaeocyaths, Géobios 22 2, 137-195 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!