Where: Mexico (16.8° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° N, 75.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ocozocoautla Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone and conglomerate
•grading upwards into fossil rich limestone in its middle part, and sandstone at the top, indicating a varying water depth. The corals are found in the limestone.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: The samples were collected somewhat to the west of sample location 5 (Filkorn et al., 2005) from an small area where vegetation were removed.
Primary reference: H. Löser. 2012. Corals from the Maastrichtian Ocozocoautla Formation (Chiapas, Mexico) – a closer look. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 29(4):534-550 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 145214: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.05.2013, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Multicolumnastraea sp. Vaughan 1899 stony coral
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Duncan 1865 stony coral | |
Pachygyra cf. ilerdensis stony coral
Dichocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favioseris anomalos" = Dichocoenia anomalos Wells 1934 stony coral | |
Actinacis magna Alloiteau 1958 stony coral | |
Astraeofungia felixi stony coral | |
Filkornia parasolitaria stony coral | |
Actinastrea reticulata stony coral
Columactinastraea hilli stony coral | |
? Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral |