Ocozocoautla, Chiapas (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (16.8° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° N, 75.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ocozocoautla Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• medium- to thick-bedded limestones and marls with intercalations of carbonaceous grey shale and argillaceous lignite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. F. Filkorn, J. Avendano-Gil, M. A. Coutino-Jose and F. J. Vega-Vera. 2005. Corals from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Ocozocoautla Formation, Chiapas, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 22(1):115-128 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74810: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Duncan 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea sp.
Actinastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Barysmilia trechmanni
Barysmilia trechmanni Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Dictuophyllia conferticostata, Cladocora jamaicaensis
Dictuophyllia conferticostata Vaughan 1899 stony coral
Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
? Favia gregoryi
? Favia gregoryi Wells 1935 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinhelia elegans
Actinhelia elegans Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
"Paracycloseris elizabethae" = Paracycloseris nariensis
"Paracycloseris elizabethae" = Paracycloseris nariensis Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea cf. agaricites
Synastrea cf. agaricites Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Trochosmilia hilli" = Trochoseris aperta, "Trochoseris catadupensis" = Trochoseris aperta, "Mesomorpha catadupensis" = Cyathoseris catadupensis
"Trochosmilia hilli" = Trochoseris aperta Duncan 1864 stony coral
"Trochoseris catadupensis" = Trochoseris aperta Duncan 1864 stony coral
"Mesomorpha catadupensis" = Cyathoseris catadupensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral