Colonia Manguito: Early/Lower Oligocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Astrocoenia portoricensis
Vaughan 1919
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corrected as Astrocoenia portoricoensis | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Goniopora hilli
Vaughan 1919
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea conferta
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Mycetophyllia bullbrooki
Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
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Colpophyllia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Colpophyllia willoughbiensis
(Vaughan 1919)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Antiguastrea cellulosa
(Duncan 1863)
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Goniastrea canalis
Vaughan 1919
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Meandrinidae
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Meandrina antiguensis
(Vaughan 1919)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Diploastraeidae
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Diploastrea crassolamellata
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agathiphylliidae
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Agathiphyllia hilli
(Vaughan 1919)
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Agathiphyllia antiguensis
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea bainbridgensis
(Vaughan 1919)
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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] |