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      El Espinal, a new plattenkalk facies locality from the Lower Cretaceous Sierra Madre Formation, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico

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          A new plattenkalk facies locality with plants, invertebrates and vertebrates in laminar dolomitic limestones from the Albian of the lower part of the Sierra Madre Formation in central Chiapas is reported. The gastropod ?Perissoptera sp., one odonate-zygopteran nymph, one hemipteran-?belostomatid adult, a new species of lobster, Palinurus palaciosi (first report for the genus as a fossil in America), and the paguroid Roemerus robustus Bishop, 1983 are described. Plant remains as leaves and a cone are also present. An Albian age is suggested on the basis of stratigraphic position and some fauna. On the basis of palynological analysis and lithofacies, thepaleoenvironment is interpreted as a brackishwater shallow lagoon with occasional freshwater influence.

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          Se reporta una nueva localidad de facies plattenkalk con plantas, invertebrados y vertebrados en dolomitas laminares de la parte inferior de la Formación Sierra Madre (Albiano), en la región central de Chiapas. Se describe el gasterópodo ?Perissoptera sp., una ninfa de odonato-zigóptero, un adulto hemíptero-?belostomátido, una nueva especie de langosta Palinurus palaciosi (primer registro fósil del género en América), y el paguroide Roemerus robustus Bishop, 1983. También están presentes restos de plantas como hojas y un cono. Se sugiere una edad albiana con base en la posición estratigráfica y el alcance bioestratigráfico de algunas especies. Con base en análisis palinológico y litofacies, el paleoambiente es interpretado como una laguna salobre, con influencia ocasional de agua dulce.

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            Early Cretaceous arthropods from the Tlayúa Formation at Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, México

            The arthropod macrofauna from the Middle Member of the lithographic limestones of the Tlayúa Formation, in quarries at Tepexi, México, is comprised of marine and nonmarine components. Marine taxa include a new species of flabelliferid isopod, a new genus and species of an anomuran, and a new genus and species of a brachyuran crab. Remains of an arachnid and an odonate nymph represent nonmarine constituents. Previous paleoenvironmental interpretations of a restricted lagoon, with periodic episodes of marine and freshwater influences are consistent with the nature of the arthropod fauna. Isopod remains, represented only by corpses, that resemble modern ectoparasites of fishes suggest that they are directly associated with the abundant fish remains found in the quarries, either as ectoparasites that released their hosts before they died or possibly as scavengers that fed on fish remains. The next most abundant arthropods are the crabs, most of which are corpses, suggesting that this group lived in or very near to the depositional site of the Tlayúa Formation. Based upon the new fossil material, the stratigraphic range for the Aeglidae has been extended to span Albian to Holocene time. Extant representatives of this family inhabit fresh water environments of South America.
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                Journal
                rmcg
                Revista mexicana de ciencias geológicas
                Rev. mex. cienc. geol
                Instituto de Geología, UNAM (México, DF, Mexico )
                1026-8774
                2007-2902
                2006
                : 23
                : 3
                : 323-333
                Affiliations
                [04] Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chiapas orgnameInstituto de Historia Natural y Ecología de Chiapas orgdiv1Museo de Paleontología Elíseo Palacios Aguilera Mexico
                [01] México D.F orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Instituto de Geología Mexico vegver@ 123456servidor.unam.mx
                [03] México D.F orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Mexico
                [02] México D.F orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Instituto de Geología Mexico
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                S1026-87742006000300007 S1026-8774(06)02300300007
                f776d740-1add-4374-8443-62dbb7e9f3e7

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                : 08 February 2006
                : 20 May 2006
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                Mexico,Chiapas,Sierra Madre Formation,Albian,Cretaceous,plattenkalk,México,Formación Sierra Madre,Albiano,Cretácico

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