Where: Michoacan, Mexico (18.5° N, 100.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 56.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cumburindio Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• volcaniclastic beds between the lower and upper limestone beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified volcaniclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: H. F. Filkorn and J. Pantoja-Alor. 2009. Cretaceous corals from the Huetamo region, Michoacan and Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Boletin 116:1-169 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89844: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.06.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Siderofungia irregularis Felix 1891 stony coral | |
"Meandrophyllia sauteri" = Meandrophyllia steini
"Meandrophyllia sauteri" = Meandrophyllia steini Felix 1891 stony coral | |
Isastrea whitneyi Wells 1932 stony coral | |
Polyphylloseris conophora Felix 1891 stony coral | |
Microsolena guttata Koby 1897 stony coral | |
"Felixastraea mexicana" = Loboseris mexicana, Fungiastraea crespoi
"Felixastraea mexicana" = Loboseris mexicana Reyeros-Navarro 1963 stony coral
Fungiastraea crespoi Felix 1891 stony coral |