Corozal (Paleocene of Puerto Rico)

Also known as Reef 3929

Where: Puerto Rico (18.3° N, 66.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.0° N, 62.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Trujillo Alto" Member (Coamo Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• equivalent of uppermost Coamo Trujillo Alto Limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• lenticular fossiliferous limestones, reef and near-reef accumulations

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: H. L. Berryhill, R. P. Briggs, and L. Glover. 1960. Stratigraphy, sedimentation, and structure of Late Cretaceous rocks in eastern Puerto Rico - preliminary report. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 44(2):137-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87547: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• fossils listed after Kaye 1956
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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp.
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
? Architectonica sp.
? Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora sp.
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
? Seila sp., Cerithiopsis sp.
? Seila sp. Adams 1861 snail
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
? Hipponix sp.
? Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp.
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoina sp.
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Nassa" sp.
"Nassa" sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima sp.
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
? Tricolia sp.
? Tricolia sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula sp.
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
? Arcopsis sp.
? Arcopsis sp. Koenen 1885 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp.
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"? Corbis sp." = Fimbria
"? Corbis sp." = Fimbria Mühlfeldt 1811 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Duncan 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Synastrea cf. adkinsi" = Siderastrea adkinsi
"Synastrea cf. adkinsi" = Siderastrea adkinsi Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis barretti
Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia sp., Astrocoenia sp.
Stylocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Dictuophyllia conferticostata, Cladocora sp.
Dictuophyllia conferticostata Vaughan 1899 stony coral
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Helioporacea -
Heliopora cf. bennetti
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
? Bulimina sp.
? Bulimina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina midwayensis
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
? Siphonodosaria sp.
? Siphonodosaria sp. Silvestri 1924
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
? Robulus sp., Nodosaria velascoensis, Nodosaria longiscata, Dentalina sp.
? Robulus sp. Montfort 1808
Nodosaria longiscata d'Orbigny 1846
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
"Globigerina pseudobulloides" = Turborotalia pseudobulloides
"Globigerina pseudobulloides" = Turborotalia pseudobulloides Plummer 1927
  - Chilostomellidae
Pullenia americana, Pullenia sp., Allomorphina cf. conica
Pullenia sp. Parker and Jones 1862
Allomorphina cf. conica Cushman and Todd 1949
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Globigerina triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides
"Globigerina triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides Plummer 1926
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides sp., Discorbis sp., Discorbis cf. midwayensis
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp., Cibicides cf. alleni
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Cibicides cf. alleni Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina cf. beisseli
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalina cf. ammonoides
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
  -
Valvulammina cubensis, Valvulammina nassauensis