ammonites
Laurozamites/Santa Clara (Triassic to of Mexico)

Where: Sonora, Mexico (28.5° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 7.6° N, 51.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Clara Formation (Barranca Group), Carnian to Carnian (235.0 - 205.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Survey and taxonomic reassignment of Laurozamites in many different localites throughout Sonora.

Primary reference: R. Weber and G. Zamudio-Varela. 1995. Laurozamites, a new genus and new species of bennettitalean leaves from the Late Triassic of North America. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologias 12(1):68-93 [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/D. Sunderlin] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24616: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Dave Sunderlin on 11.08.2002