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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral |