Lampazos, Mexico (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Also known as Reef 2685

Where: Mexico (29.2° N, 109.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 69.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Espinazo del Diablo Formation, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo and C.M. González-León. 1999. Lower Cretaceous corals and stratigraphy of the Bisbee Group (Cerro de Oro and Lampazos areas), Sonora, Mexico. Cretaceous Research 20:465-497 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21255: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 24.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia bandeli Baron-Szabo 1998 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia bassanii Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Myriophyllia propria Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea crespoi Felix 1891 stony coral
Mixastraea westfalica Löser 1993 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena kobyi Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Pleurophyllia aff. trichotoma de Fromentel 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora haysensis, "Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella, "Cyathophora miyakoensis" = Cryptocoenia miyakoensis
Cyathophora haysensis Wells 1932 stony coral
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Cyathophora miyakoensis" = Cryptocoenia miyakoensis Eguchi 1936 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
"Cladophyllia mexicana n. sp." = Cladophyllia organisans
"Cladophyllia mexicana n. sp." = Cladophyllia organisans d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral