Simojovel road section B-8276 (Oligocene of Mexico)

Also known as Reef 3914

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 87.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Camino Carretero Member (La Quinta Formation), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• upper bed 75, upper part of the member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• coral biostrome intercalated in tuff beds, thick sandstone units and thin shale beds

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 85756: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.01.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Porites panamensis" = Porites waylandi
"Porites panamensis" = Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Agathiphyllia roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata
"Agathiphyllia roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral