PBDB Collection

Pueblo Nuevo reef, Chiapas, Mexico (Oligocene of Mexico)

Also known as Reef 2881

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 88.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Camino Carretero Member (La Quinta Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Massive wave-resistant reef, 36 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31271: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.04.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
Corallinales - Corallinophycidae	? Archaeolithothamnium sp. ? Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae	"? Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion "? Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae	Agathiphyllia anguillensis, Agathiphyllia hilli, Agathiphyllia antiguensis Agathiphyllia anguillensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Mycetophyllia bullbrooki, Colpophyllia sp., Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Mycetophyllia bullbrooki Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926 stony coral Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Goniastrea canalis, Antiguastrea cellulosa, Favites polygonalis Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral Favites polygonalis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandrinidae	Meandrina antiguensis Meandrina antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae	Diploastrea crassolamellata Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Leptoseris cf. portoricensis Leptoseris cf. portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral on seaward slope
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Pironastrea cf. antiguensis, Siderastrea conferta Pironastrea cf. antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral on seaward slope Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora hilli, Goniopora reussiana, Porites douvillei, "Porites panamensis" = Porites waylandi, "Porites (Synaraea) ? macdonaldi" = Porites macdonaldi Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral Goniopora reussiana Duncan 1865 stony coral Porites douvillei Vaughan 1919 stony coral more common on seaward slope and in back reef "Porites panamensis" = Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral "Porites (Synaraea) ? macdonaldi" = Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinacididae	Actinacis barretti Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	"Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata, Montastrea gabbi "Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral Montastrea gabbi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Turbinaria durhami n. sp. Turbinaria durhami n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora lindavistae n. sp. Stylophora lindavistae n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Alveopora chiapanecae n. sp., Acropora panamensis Alveopora chiapanecae n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral nodular Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral