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El Espinal Quarry, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico

Lat/Long (Decimal)	16.6836,-93.4603
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Chiapas, Mexico
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Ocozocoautla de Espinosa Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
El Espinal Quarry	Vega F. J., García-Barrera P., et al (2006)	Sierra Madre	"lowermost lithofacies" of formation	claystone	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Fungi kingdom	Fungi	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Arecipites sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : *Arecipites*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Acritarcha unranked clade	Acritarcha	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lauraceae family	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Laurales : Lauraceae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Bombacaceae family	Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Malvales : Bombacaceae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Moraceae family	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Moraceae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Belostomatidae family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Belostomatidae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Zygoptera suborder	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Zygoptera	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cirolanidae family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Isopoda : Cirolanidae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tanaidacea order	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Tanaidacea	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Roemerus robustus species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Diogenidae : Roemerus : *Roemerus robustus*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Palinurus palaciosi species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Palinuridae : Palinurus : *Palinurus palaciosi*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ostracoda class	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Alepisauriformes order	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Alepisauriformes	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Saurorhamphus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Aulopiformes : Eurypholidae : *Saurorhamphus*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ellimmichthyiformes order	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ellimmichthyiformes	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Paraclupeidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ellimmichthyiformes : Paraclupeidae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Triplomystus applegatei species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ellimmichthyiformes : Paraclupeidae : Triplomystus : *Triplomystus applegatei*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gonorhynchiformes order	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Gonorhynchiformes	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ichthyodectiformes order	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ichthyodectiformes	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Teleostei unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Teleostei	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pycnodontidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Pycnodontes	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Enchodontidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Salmoniformes : Enchodontidae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Macrosemiocotzus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Macrosemiidae : *Macrosemiocotzus*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Echinoidea class	Animalia : Echinodermata : Protocidaris : Echinoidea	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Bivalvia class	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Perissoptera sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Perissoptera*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dinoflagellata superclass	Myzozoa : Dinoflagellata	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sphagnum sp. genus	Plantae : Bryophyta : Sphagnopsida : Sphagnales : Sphagnaceae : *Sphagnum*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ephedra sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Ephedrales : Ephedraceae : *Ephedra*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Selaginella sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Selaginellales : Selaginellaceae : *Selaginella*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Osmunda sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : *Osmunda*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Osmundaceae family	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Vega F. J., García-Barrera P., et al (2006) El Espinal, a new plattenkalk facies locality from the Lower Cretaceous Sierra Madre Formation, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 23 3, 323-333

Alvarado-Ortega J., Ovalles-Damián E. (2008) Triplomystus applegatei, sp. nov. (Teleostei: Ellimmichthyiformes), a rare "triple armored herring" from El Espinal Quarry (Early Cretaceous), Chiapas, southeastern Mexico, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 1, 53-60

Alvarado-Ortega J., Ovalles-Damián E., et al (2009) The fossil fishes from the Sierra Madre Formation, Ocozocoautla, Chiapas, Southern Mexico, Palaeontologia Electronica 12.2.5A

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