Ocozocoautla, Chiapas: Maastrichtian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (Duncan 1865)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
? Favia gregoryi Wells 1935
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Dictuophyllia conferticostata (Vaughan 1899)
Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinhelia elegans (Goldfuss 1826)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
Paracycloseris elizabethae Wells 1934
synonym of Paracycloseris nariensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea cf. agaricites (Goldfuss 1826)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Trochoseris catadupensis Vaughan 1899
synonym of Trochoseris aperta
Trochosmilia hilli Vaughan 1899
synonym of Trochoseris aperta
Mesomorpha catadupensis Vaughan 1899
recombined as Cyathoseris catadupensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Barysmilia trechmanni (Wells 1934)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico
Coordinates: 16.8° North, 93.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.9° North, 75.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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:Ocozocoautla
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: medium- to thick-bedded limestones and marls with intercalations of carbonaceous grey shale and argillaceous lignite
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:74810
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-08-31 03:54:43 Last modified:2007-08-31 06:54:43
Access level:the public Released:2007-08-31 03:54:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25213. H. F. Filkorn, J. Avendano-Gil, M. A. Coutino-Jose and F. J. Vega-Vera. 2005. Corals from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Ocozocoautla Formation, Chiapas, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 22(1):115-128 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]