Turitzio cemetery (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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

• Paleocoordinates: 21.2° N, 45.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cumburindio Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 119.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lime mudstone and lithified volcaniclastic

• interbedded fine-grained volcaniclastics and calcareous mudstones

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 89851: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.06.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea whitneyi Wells 1932 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia cf. cretacica Turnsek 1974 stony coral