Pueblo Nuevo reef, Chiapas, Mexico (Oligocene of Mexico)

Also known as Reef 2881

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 88.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Camino Carretero Member (La Quinta Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Massive wave-resistant reef, 36 m thick

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31271: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.04.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"? Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"? Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora chiapanecae n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral
nodular
Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora lindavistae n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Porites (Synaraea) ? macdonaldi" = Porites macdonaldi, Porites douvillei, "Porites panamensis" = Porites waylandi, Goniopora hilli, Goniopora reussiana
"Porites (Synaraea) ? macdonaldi" = Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites douvillei Vaughan 1919 stony coral
more common on seaward slope and in back reef
"Porites panamensis" = Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral
Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Goniopora reussiana Duncan 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris cf. portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
on seaward slope
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Pironastrea cf. antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
on seaward slope
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mycetophyllia bullbrooki Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926 stony coral
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Favites polygonalis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Agathiphyllia anguillensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea gabbi, "Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata
Montastrea gabbi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria durhami n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral