INNER WHORLS OF <em>GREGORYCERAS</em> (AMMONITINA, PELTOCERATINAE) AS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THE GENUS IN MEXICO

Two nuclei of Gregoryceras are described as the first record of the genus in Mexico. The occurrence in Mexico of the ubiquitous Tethyan genus Gregoryceras is interpreted as related to a major flooding episode that affected neritic shelves in the southern North-American plate.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: ANA BERTHA VILLASEÑOR, FEDERICO OLÓRIZ, ISABEL LÓPEZ-PALOMINO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2004-03-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6295
Description
Summary:Two nuclei of Gregoryceras are described as the first record of the genus in Mexico. The occurrence in Mexico of the ubiquitous Tethyan genus Gregoryceras is interpreted as related to a major flooding episode that affected neritic shelves in the southern North-American plate.
ISSN:0035-6883
2039-4942