Sonora, Cerro de Oro (Cretaceous of Mexico)
Where: Sonora, Mexico (29.4° N, 110.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.2° N, 60.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cerro la Espina Member, Early/Lower Albian (113.2 - 110.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
• The original aragonite skeletal substance was altered to calcite.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: H. Löser. 2010. Revision of the Early Cretaceous coral genus Felixigyra. Revista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 116(2):189-200 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138822: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.01.2013
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Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
"Felixigyra sp." = Eugyra (Felixigyra)
"Felixigyra sp." = Eugyra (Felixigyra) Prever 1909 stony coral | |
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Aulastraeopora harrisi Wells 1932 stony coral | |