Del Norte, Cerro de Cristo Rey, New Mexico: Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Coelosmilia texana
(Conrad 1857)
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Paratrochocyathus conulus
(Phillips 1829)
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3 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Trochocyathus conulus | |||||||
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Paratrochocyathus collignoni
Alloiteau 1958
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5 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Trochocyathus collignoni | |||||||
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Platytrochopsis lashensis
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3 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Trochocyathus | |||||||
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Paratrochocyathus crassus
Alloiteau 1958
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7 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Trochocyathus crassus | |||||||
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unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritellidae indet.
Lovén 1847
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Texigryphaea sp.
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Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pectinidae indet.
Wilkes 1810
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
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Ammonitida indet.
Hyatt 1889
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Dona Ana |
| Coordinates: | 31.4° North, 106.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.0° North, 67.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 109.90000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Del Norte | ||||
| Local section: | Cerro Cristo Rey | Local bed: | 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Clay Member and upper calcareous member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Lower member: calcareous shale interbedded with sandstone and nodular limestone. Upper member: fossiliferous limestone interbedded with shale | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Only corals studied in detail | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35096 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-11-10 06:30:45 | Last modified: | 2003-11-10 08:30:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-11-10 06:30:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9446. | D. Turnsek, D. V. LeMone, and R. W. Scott. 2003. Tethyan Albian corals, Cerro de Cristo Rey Uplift, Chihuahua and New Mexico. Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Paleoecology, Texas and Mexico: Perkins Memorial Volume. Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation, Special Publications in Geology 1:147-185 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |