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