Pueblo Nuevo, Chiapas, Mexico (Oligocene of Mexico)

Also known as Reef 2881

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 88.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Camino Carretero Member (La Quinta Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, argillaceous bafflestone and lithified, calcareous siltstone

• Porites bank in impure limestones and calcareous siltstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Base of reef, fourth or fifth Porites thicket developing into wave-resistant reef

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31270: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea sp.
Diploastrea sp. Matthai 1914 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites douvillei
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites douvillei Vaughan 1919 stony coral
changing from delicate to robust
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea sp.
Antiguastrea sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral