Sierra del Alamo, Antimonio Formation, 35 km SW of El Antimonio (Triassic of Mexico)

Where: Sonora, Mexico (30.5° N, 112.8° W: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 54.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Antimonio Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: G. D. Stanley, Jr., C. Gonzalez-Leon, M. R. Sandy, B. Senowbari-Daryan, P. Doyle, M. Tamura, and D. H. Erwin. 1994. Upper Triassic invertebrates from the Antimonio Formation, Sonora, Mexico. The Paleontological Society Memoir 36:1-33 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39175: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 23.05.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Chondrocoenia waltheri Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Distichomeandra austriaca Frech 1890 stony coral