Also known as Reef 3912
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° N, 83.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: San Juan Formation (La Esperanza Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• middle part of the formation - age given as middle Eocene - most likely Lutetian (see coll. 45920)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1974. Cenozoic Reef Biofacies. Chicago, Northern Illinois University Press 1-388 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85736: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Astrocoenia guantanamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Sideroseris durhami Wells 1945 stony coral | |
"Goniopora taberi" = Goniopora reussiana
"Goniopora taberi" = Goniopora reussiana Duncan 1865 stony coral | |
Cyathoseris allisoni n. sp.
Cyathoseris allisoni n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral | |
Cladocora bosquensis Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral | |
"Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) santaelenensis n. sp." = Balanophyllia caulifera
"Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) santaelenensis n. sp." = Balanophyllia caulifera Conrad 1848 stony coral | |
Foraminifera | |