Las Eras (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Michoacan, Mexico (18.5° N, 101.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 56.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cumburindio Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• lower part of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified volcaniclastic

• interbedded limestones and volcaniclastics

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 89850: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral