Cerro de Oro I, Mexico (Cretaceous to of Mexico)

Also known as Reef 2683

Where: Mexico (29.8° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 63.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cerro de Oro Formation (Bisbee Group), Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• Bioherms up to 10 m high and 100 m long

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo and C.M. González-León. 1999. Lower Cretaceous corals and stratigraphy of the Bisbee Group (Cerro de Oro and Lampazos areas), Sonora, Mexico. Cretaceous Research 20:465-497 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21253: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.06.2002, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Preverastraea paronai
Preverastraea paronai Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Mycetaraea aff. dimorpha, Dermoseris sp., "Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major
Mycetaraea aff. dimorpha Boelsche 1867 stony coral
Dermoseris sp. Koby 1887 stony coral
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Polyastropsis arnaudi" = Thamnoseris arnaudi
"Polyastropsis arnaudi" = Thamnoseris arnaudi Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea aethiopica
Amphiastrea aethiopica Dietrich 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Stiboriopsis sonoraensis n. sp., Meandrophyllia cf. lotharinga
Stiboriopsis sonoraensis n. sp. Baron-Szabo and González-León 1999 stony coral
Meandrophyllia cf. lotharinga Michelin 1843 stony coral
Meandrarea meandroides
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Synastrea decipiens" = Astraeofungia decipiens
"Synastrea decipiens" = Astraeofungia decipiens Michelin 1845 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia cretacica
Dermosmilia cretacica Turnsek 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia bandeli
Placophyllia bandeli Baron-Szabo 1998 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Columactinastraea sp., "Columastrea paucipaliformis n. sp." = Actinastrea paucipaliformis
Columactinastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
[entered as Columactinastrea sp.]
"Columastrea paucipaliformis n. sp." = Actinastrea paucipaliformis Baron-Szabo and González-León 1999 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia rarauensis
Heliocoenia rarauensis Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
"Cladophyllia mexicana n. sp." = Cladophyllia organisans
"Cladophyllia mexicana n. sp." = Cladophyllia organisans d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
"Pseudomyriophyllia turnsekae" = Eugyra turnsekae, Myriophyllia propria
"Pseudomyriophyllia turnsekae" = Eugyra turnsekae Baron-Szabo 1996 stony coral
Myriophyllia propria Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea cf. neocomiensis
Isastrea cf. neocomiensis de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia minima n. sp., Columnocoenia bucovinensis, Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi
Columnocoenia minima n. sp. Beauvais 1966 stony coral
Columnocoenia bucovinensis Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral