Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.6° N, 87.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rancho Berlin Sandstone Formation (Simojovel Group), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
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 85755: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites douvillei Vaughan 1919 stony coral |