Colonia Jardin: Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Cladocora sp.
Ehrenberg 1834
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Antillia heueri n. sp.
Frost and Langenheim 1974
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Chiapas |
Coordinates: | 17.2° North, 92.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 17.8° North, 88.9° 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 |
Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
Lithology description: biomicrite and interbedd muddy calcareous sandstones | |
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: | 85794 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-01-16 00:29:49 | Last modified: | 2009-01-16 02:29:49 |
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] |