Santiago Coatepec [Coatepec Sandstone]: Kimmeridgian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Marinella lugeoni Pfender 1939
Rhodophyceae - Gymnocodiaceae
Permocalculus sp. Elliott 1955
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Pseudoepimastopora jurassica
Pfenderinidae
Kurnubia ex gr. palastiniensis
Orbitopsellidae
Labyrinthina mirabilis
Mesoendothyridae
Mesoendothyra croatica
Cyclamminidae
Choffatella cf. tingitana
Everticyclammina virguliana
Pseudocyclammina sp.
Pseudocyclammina lituus (Yokoyama 1890)
Hottingeritidae
Alveosepta jaccardi
Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Mayncinidae
Freixialina planispiralis Ramalho 1969
Nautiloculinidae
Nautiloculina oolithica
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Meandrospira sp.
unclassified
Audienusina fourcadei
Rectocyclammina chouberti
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites pueblaensis Alencáster et al. 2009
Alencáster et al. 2009
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Demospongiae - Axinellida - Cladocoropsidae
Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix 1907
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Puebla
Coordinates: 18.2° North, 97.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.4° North, 49.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Coatepec Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Previously referred to the upper member of the Matzitzi Fm. Alencáster et al. (2009) refer to this as the informal Coatepex Sandstone. AGE: probably Late Kimmeridgian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green lithified sandstone
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Green sandstones from the base of the upper member just above the conglomerate.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow water platform environment in the high-energy zone.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: IGM - Coleccíon Nacional de Paleontología, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, in Ciudad Universitaria.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Several characteristic foraminiferal species listed, and presence of gastropods and bivalves mentioned but not specified. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:89638
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2009-06-08 01:24:23 Last modified:2010-11-13 09:14:22
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-06-08 01:24:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29987. L. Omana and C. González Arreola. 2008. Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) larger benthic Foraminifera from Santiago Coatepec, SE Puebla, Mexico. Geobios 41(6):799-817 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

34215 G. Alencáster, L. Omaña, C. Gonzalez-Arreola and D. Hernández-Láscares. 2009. First record of the genus Trichites (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Santiago Coatepec, Puebla, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológias 26(3):647-657 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]