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Systematic and biostratigraphic significance of the American rudist bivalve Durania aguilae Adkins, 1930

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2017

Simon F. Mitchell  and
Jose Maria Pons
Simon F. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica,
Jose Maria Pons
Affiliation:
Departament de Geologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain,
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Abstract

The rudist bivalve Durania aguilae Adkins was described from the Mendez Formation in Mexico and originally attributed to the Santonian. We revise this species and show that it belongs to the genus Chiapasella Müllerried. We also recognize that Chiapasella aguilae (Adkins) is a senior synonym of Chiapasella trechmanni Mitchell and Gunter, an important biostratigraphic indicator in the late late Maastrichtian of Jamaica. Chiapasella aguilae is therefore an important late late Maastrichtian marker fossil that has been recorded from Jamaica, Mexico, and Cuba.

Type
Paleontological Notes
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 84 , Issue 3 , May 2010 , pp. 554 - 555
Copyright
Copyright © 2010, The Paleontological Society 

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