Modelo Ridge: Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pavona (Pseudocolumnastraea) modeloensis n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona (Pavona) trinitatis (Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926)
original and current combination Pavona trinitatis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites trinitatis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea limbata (Duncan 1863)
recombined as Orbicella limbata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Agathiphyllia roxboroughi (Vaughan 1919)
synonym of Montastraea endothecata
Montastrea tampaensis (Vaughan 1919)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae
Coscinaraea colei n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Chiapas
Coordinates: 16.8° North, 92.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.4° North, 89.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Modelo Formation:Rio Lajas Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: Porites thickets or banks and coral-algal banks
Environment:perireef or subreef
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:85798
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-16 02:22:16 Last modified:2009-01-16 04:22:16
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]