Loma Teremitio: Early/Lower Aptian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cyathophoridae
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Cyathophora haysensis
Wells 1932
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Michoacan |
| Coordinates: | 18.5° North, 101.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.3° North, 56.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cumburindio |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: biogenic limestones | |
| 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: | 89848 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-06-16 06:30:25 | Last modified: | 2009-06-16 09:30:25 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30084. | H. F. Filkorn and J. Pantoja-Alor. 2009. Cretaceous corals from the Huetamo region, Michoacan and Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Boletin 116:1-169 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |