Aroyo de la Atarjea, coral reef, Mexico: Maastrichtian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea cellulosa (Duncan 1863)
abundant category
Dictuophyllia conferticostata (Vaughan 1899)
abundant category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (Duncan 1865)
abundant category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824
common category
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites ? perkinsi Myers 1968
rare category
synonym of Caribbea muellerriedi
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Biradiolites sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Plagioptychidae indet. Douvillé 1888
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico
Coordinates: 22.0° North, 99.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.3° North, 80.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cardenas Member:Upper
Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Probably middle/late Maastrichtian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified bafflestone
Secondary lithology: lithified packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Coral-rudist reef. Bafflestone with packstone matrix
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3327
Database number:38869
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-05-12 07:57:16 Last modified:2004-05-12 11:12:21
Access level:the public Released:2004-05-12 07:57:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10496. A. Schafhauser, S. Götz, R. Baron-Szabo and W. Stinnesbeck. 2003. Depositional environment of coral-rudist associations in the Upper Cretaceous Cardenas Formation (central Mexico). Geologica Croatica 56(2):187-198 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]