Colonia Manguito: Early/Lower Oligocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia portoricensis Vaughan 1919
corrected as Astrocoenia portoricoensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea conferta (Duncan 1863)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mycetophyllia bullbrooki Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (Vaughan 1919)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea cellulosa (Duncan 1863)
Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina antiguensis (Vaughan 1919)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea crassolamellata (Duncan 1863)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia hilli (Vaughan 1919)
Agathiphyllia antiguensis (Duncan 1863)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea bainbridgensis (Vaughan 1919)
synonym of Montastraea endothecata
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Chiapas
Coordinates: 16.9° North, 92.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.4° North, 87.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 28.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Simojovel Formation:Rancho Berlin Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: thin coral bank or biostrome in sandstones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: near-shore shoal or patch reef
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
Also known as:Reef 3913
Database number:85745
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-14 07:20:07 Last modified:2009-04-16 13:38:01
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
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]