Simojovel road section B-8199: Late/Upper Eocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lepidocyclinidae
Lepidocyclina (Lepidocyclina) macdonaldi
Nummulitidae
Nummulites (Paleonummulites) willcoxi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus mexicanum n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora bosquensis n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974
Antillia clarki Durham 1946
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Leptomussa sp. d'Archiardi 1867
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora (Astreopora) spinulosum n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis johnwellsi n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Antilloseris cantabrigiensis (Vaughan 1899)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Trochoseris cf. meinzeri Vaughan 1919
synonym of Trochoseris aperta
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Chiapas
Coordinates: 17.1° North, 92.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.8° North, 86.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:La Esperanza Formation:Ixtaclum Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified wackestone
Lithology description: carbonaceous, pelletoidal, packed biomicrite
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Geology comments: depth of 50-80 m in the transition to deeper basinal sediments
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
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:85732
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2009-01-14 01:33:06 Last modified:2009-01-14 03:33:06
Access level:the public Released:2009-01-14 01:33:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8422. S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1974. Cenozoic Reef Biofacies. Chicago, Northern Illinois University Press 1-388 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]