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
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 | |
"Porites panamensis" = Porites waylandi
"Porites panamensis" = Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral | |
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
"Agathiphyllia roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata
"Agathiphyllia roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral |