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Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana Volumen 69, núm. 2, 2017, p. 371 ‒ 384 |
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New Echinoid (Spatangoida: Toxasterinidae) from the Campanian of Coahuila, Northeastern Mexico
Luis E. Silva-Martínez, Alberto Blanco-Piñón, Jesús A. de León-González, Hidalgo Rodríguez-Vela
Luis E. Silva-Martínez
lesmartinez@hotmail.com
Alberto Blanco-Piñón
Hidalgo Rodríguez-Vela
Laboratorio de Paleobiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Pedro de Alba y Manuel L. Barragán s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza Nuevo León, México. C.P. 66455.
Jesús A. de León-González
Laboratorio de Biosistemática, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Av. Universidad s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, C.P. 66455, México.
Abstract
Three specimens corresponding to a new echinoid species from the Upper Cretaceous (Lower Campanian) from Austin Formation in the northeastern of Mexico are reported here. The morphology of the specimens (test with a cordiform aboral region) as well as the sedimentary environment reported at the Austin Formation, suggests that this species represents an infaunal and detritivorous dweller living in a shallow water environment within the continental shelf. This is consistent with the more actual knowledge for other species of Diplodetus
Keywords: Echinoids, Diplodetus, Upper Cretaceous, Campanian, Austin Formation, NE Mexico.
