Simojovel road section B-8230 (Oligocene of Mexico)

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.6° N, 87.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rancho Berlin Sandstone Formation (Simojovel Group), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified shale

• interbedded blue, buff, and olive-green sandstone, fine grained, and gray to buff silty shale

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1974. Cenozoic Reef Biofacies. Chicago, Northern Illinois University Press 1-388 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85755: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites douvillei
Porites douvillei Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Foraminifera
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Peneroplis proteus
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites (Paleonummulites) panamensis