Also known as Reef 3915
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Florida Limestone Member (La Quinta Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• top 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 85771: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Porites trinitatis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
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Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Colpophyllia mexicanum n. sp.
Colpophyllia mexicanum n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral | |
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
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Montastrea tampaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |