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

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