Espinoza del Diablo Formation (NP5) (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (29.4° N, 109.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° N, 67.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Espinazo del Diablo Formation (Lampazos Group), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Samaniego-Pesqueira, H. Löser, and J.A. Moreno-Badmar. 2023. Middle Albian corals from the Espinazo del Diablo Formation (Lampazos Area, Sonora, Mexico). Bulletin of Geosciences 98(2):111-159 [W. Kiessling/M. Zenklusen/M. Zenklusen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234721: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Matias Zenklusen on 08.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

• The Löser (2016) taxonomic classification is used for this collection.
unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
"Montlivaltoides tolmachoffana" = Thecosmilia
"Montlivaltoides tolmachoffana" = Thecosmilia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Eosiderastrea cf. stefani Loeser 2016 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Latohelia ruizi" = Pleurocora, "Latohelia cf. ruizi" = Pleurocora
"Latohelia ruizi" = Pleurocora stony coral
"Latohelia cf. ruizi" = Pleurocora stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Astraeofungia tenochi" = Lamellofungia tenochi
"Astraeofungia tenochi" = Lamellofungia tenochi Felix 1891 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Aulastraeopora aguedae stony coral
sp.nov.
Aulastraeopora deangelisi Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia clemencia de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Ampakabastraea spp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Ahrdorffia urgonensis" = Mesomorpha
"Ahrdorffia urgonensis" = Mesomorpha stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Polyphylloseris conophora Felix 1891 stony coral
Polyphylloseris cf. mammillata Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Polyphylloseris icaunensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral