near Lamy: Middle Turonian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Archohelia dartoni
Wells 1933
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114 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Petrophyllia dartoni | ||||||||||
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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common category | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Crustacea indet.
Brünnich 1772
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rare category | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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rare category | |||||||||
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unclassified
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informal Vermes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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rare category | |||||||||
| "worms" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 35.5° North, 105.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 72.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Gallic |
| *International age/stage: | Middle Turonian | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Carlile Shale | Member: | Blue Hill |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous,silty bafflestone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: 1.5 m thick coral thicket of ahermatypic coral Archohelia dartoni Wells. Zonation by different sedimentation rates and accompanied variations in debris production. Moderately deep cool water coral accumulation. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Bioerosion: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Study focuses on one ahermatypic coral | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 2659 | ||
| Database number: | 23527 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-07-16 09:29:43 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 16:27:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-16 09:29:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6727. | A. G. Coates and E.G. Kauffman. 1973. Stratigraphy, paleontology and paleoenvrionment of a Cretaceous coral thicket, Lamy, New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 47(5):953-968 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |