Also known as Reef 3369
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.7° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 83.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: San Juan Formation (La Esperanza Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• middle part of the formation - age given as middle Eocene - most likely Lutetian based on coll. 45920
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85735: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Heliopora mexicanae n. sp.
Heliopora mexicanae n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 | |
Astreopora (Astreopora) esperanzae n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral | |
Stylophora cf. cambridgensis Wells 1934 stony coral | |
"Actinacis cf. barretti" = Actinacis barretti, "Goniopora copoyensis n. sp." = Actinacis barretti, "Actinacis caribiensis n. sp." = Actinacis barretti
"Actinacis cf. barretti" = Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral
"Goniopora copoyensis n. sp." = Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral
"Actinacis caribiensis n. sp." = Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral | |
Antilloseris cantabrigiensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral | |
"Siderastrea (Siderastrea) scotia" = Siderastrea scotia
"Siderastrea (Siderastrea) scotia" = Siderastrea scotia Wells 1945 stony coral | |
"Haimesiastraea (Haimesiastraea) peruviana" = Haimesiastraea conferta
"Haimesiastraea (Haimesiastraea) peruviana" = Haimesiastraea conferta Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
Placosmilia copoyensis n. sp.
Placosmilia copoyensis n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral | |
Rhizangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Pattalophyllia grumi Catullo 1852 stony coral | |
Montastrea antilliana Wells 1945 stony coral |