Corozal: Danian, Puerto Rico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Buliminidae
? Bulimina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Hedbergellidae
unclassified
Globigerinidae
Bolivinidae
Chilostomellidae
Pullenia sp. Parker and Jones 1862
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Cibicides cf. alleni (Plummer 1927)
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria longiscata d'Orbigny 1846
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
? Robulus sp. Montfort 1808
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Anthozoa - Helioporacea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Stylocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
? Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Corbis sp. Cuvier 1817
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Nassa" sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
? Hipponix sp. (Defrance 1819)
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
? Seila sp. Adams 1861
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
? Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
? Tricolia sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801
see common names

Geography
Country:Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18.3° North, 66.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.8° North, 53.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Danian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Danian
Age range of interval: 66 - 61.66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Coamo Member:"Trujillo Alto"
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: equivalent of uppermost Coamo Trujillo Alto Limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: lenticular fossiliferous limestones, reef and near-reef accumulations
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:fossils listed after Kaye 1956
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3929
Database number:87547
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:B. Allen Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2009-03-19 05:16:28 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-03-19 05:16:28
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
29469. H. L. Berryhill, R. P. Briggs, and L. Glover. 1960. Stratigraphy, sedimentation, and structure of Late Cretaceous rocks in eastern Puerto Rico - preliminary report. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 44(2):137-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]