Finca Santa Ana: Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea tampaensis (Vaughan 1919)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea limbata (Duncan 1863)
recombined as Orbicella limbata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites trinitatis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Chiapas
Coordinates: 16.8° North, 93.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.4° North, 89.3° 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 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Modelo Formation:Santa Ana
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified calcareous marl
Lithology description: Porites thickets 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:85799
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-16 03:42:47 Last modified:2009-01-16 05:42:47
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]