Rodighieroites belimelensis (MANDOV) (Ammonoidea) from the Taraises Formation (upper Valanginian), Durango, northeastern Mexico: biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications

This index upper Valanginian species was not hitherto recorded for Mexico or for any American locality. This new record from a western extreme of the former Tethys, increase the paleobiogeographic significance of this typical Valanginian Mediterranean ammonite species.