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New Turonian (Cretaceous) fossil site in Mexico

Started by Halichoeres, April 17, 2019, 02:29:36 PM

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April 17, 2019, 02:29:36 PM Last Edit: June 02, 2019, 05:07:36 PM by Halichoeres
A new fossil site in Puebla, Mexico, is being worked, and the first fossils are described in this paper. They are all of existing species/genera, although several represent the first occurrence of the particular taxa in North America. So far it's mostly fishes, like this Goulmimichthys, a smaller relative of modern tarpons:



But there's also this mosasaur tail for the tetrapod fans, although not enough material to be sure which species:



Paper (open access): https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2019/2450-huehuetla-turonian-vertebrates
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