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
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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Isastrea whitneyi Wells 1932 stony coral | |
Dermosmilia cf. cretacica Turnsek 1974 stony coral |