Simojovel area B-8181: Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Antillocyathus trinitatis
(Vaughan 1926)
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Chiapas |
| Coordinates: | 17.1° North, 92.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.7° North, 89.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Simojovel | Formation: | La Quinta | Member: | Finca Carmitto |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified wackestone |
| Lithology description: biomicrite above calcareous sandstones and conglomerates | |
| 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: | 85777 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-15 04:27:08 | Last modified: | 2009-01-15 06:27:08 |
| 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] |