Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.8° N, 92.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 89.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rio Lajas Limestone Formation (Modelo Group), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
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 85798: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Porites trinitatis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
"Pavona (Pavona) trinitatis" = Pavona trinitatis
"Pavona (Pavona) trinitatis" = Pavona trinitatis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926 stony coral | |
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Favia dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral | |
Montastrea tampaensis, "Agathiphyllia roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata
Montastrea tampaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Agathiphyllia roxboroughi" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Coscinaraea colei n. sp.
Coscinaraea colei n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral |