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<journal-id>0034-7744</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Biología Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. biol. trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7744</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0034-77442015000600007</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rbt.v63i2.23124</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from Tepexi de Rodriguez, Puebla, Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Asteroidea (Echinodermata) del Cretácico inferior (Albaniano) de Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Buitrón-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Blanca Estela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Durán-Gónzalez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alicia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martín-Cao-Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carolina]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Solís-Marín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco Alonso]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Laguarda-Figueras]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alfredo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Departamento de Paleontología Instituto de Geología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Coyoacán México, D.F.]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Coyoacán México, D.F]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Coyoacán México, D.F]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>63</volume>
<fpage>7</fpage>
<lpage>15</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-77442015000600007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442015000600007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-77442015000600007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Seven asteroids are described from the Tlayua quarries (18° 35´ N - 97° 56´ W), recovered from the Middle Member of the Tlayua Formation. Tlayua quarries are 94 km southeast of Puebla and 2 km northeast of the town of Tepexi de Rodriguez in the Eastern part of central Mexico. The Middle Member is fossiliferous and composed mainly of a micritic lithographic limestone with layers having packs that consist of as much as 30 % hematite. The fossils are confined to these iron rich layers. These Middle Member are about 28 m thick. Due to the abundance, variety and conservation of its paleobiota, the Tlayua quarry is one of the most important fossiliferous localities from North America&#8217;s Cretaceous. About 5 000 samples of invertebrate and vertebrate fossils have been collected from this locality and have been studied. The seven specimens belong to the Cretaceous strata and are believed to be of Lower Cretaceous (Albian) age. The asteroids described are referred to the genus Astropecten, Plutonaster, Tamaria and Echinaster. This is the first report of Cretaceous asteroids for Mexico. Rev. Biol. Trop. 63 (Suppl. 2): 7-15. Epub 2015 June 01.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Siete asteroideos son descritos de las canteras de Tlayua (18° 35´N - 97° 56´ W), recuperados del miembro medio de la formación Tlayua. Las canteras de Tlayua se encuentran a 94 km al sureste de Puebla, y a 2 km de noreste del pueblo de Tepexi de Rodriguez en la parte este del centro de México. El miembro medio es fosilífero y está compuesto principalmente de basamentos micríticos litográficos con capas con grupos que consisten de la menos 30 % de hematita. Los fósiles están confinados a estas ricas capas en hierro. Estos miembros medios poseen un espesor de aproximadamente 28 m. Debido a la abundancia, variedad y conservación de su paleobiota, la cantera de Tlayua es una de las localidades fosilíferas más importantes del Cretácico de Norte América. Cerca de 5 000 muestras de fósiles de invertebrados y vertebrados han sido colectadas y estudiadas de esta localidad. Las siete especies pertenecen al estrato del Cretácico y se cree que pertenecen a la edad del Cretácico inferior (Albaniano). Los asteroideos descritos se refieren a los géneros Astropecten, Plutonaster, Tamaria y Echinaster. Este es el primer registro de asteroideos del Cretácico para México.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lower Cretaceous]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cretácico inferior]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Asteroidea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Echinodermata]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
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