Also known as Reef 3004
Where: Chihuahua, Mexico (31.6° N, 107.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 54.4° W)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 152.1 Ma)
• Stratigraphy only based on corals. Most likely Kimmeridgian but uncertain
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Primary reference: M. Reyeros de Castillo. 1974. Corales del Jurásico superior de Chihuahua. Paleontología mexicana 40:1-42 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11287: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.08.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Complexastrea cyclops" = Haldonia cyclops1
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Actinastrea tenuisepta stony coral | |
Placophyllia chihuahuensis n. sp.
Placophyllia chihuahuensis n. sp. stony coral | |
Cladophyllia dichotoma Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Thamnasteria mcoyi stony coral
Thamnasteria cf. lamourouxii stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Caenocidaris cf. cucumifera pencil urchin |