Also known as Reef 2027
Where: Mexico (24.3° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 102.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: San Gregorio Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: R. Fischer, C. Galli Oliver, and J. Reitner. 1989. Skeletal structure growth and paleoecology of the patch reef-building polychaete worm Diplochaetetes mexicanus Wilson, 1986 from the Oligocene of Baja California (Mexico). GĂ©obios 22(5):761-775 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34858: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 08.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Diplochaetetes mexicanus demosponge |