Corals from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Ocozocoautla Formation, Chiapas, Mexico
The coral species from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) strata of the Ocozocoautla Formationin Chiapas, Mexico, are identified, described and illustrated for the first time. This coral fauna is composedof 12 species, nine of which are colonial, presumably zooxanthellate, reef-building forms. Thi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2005 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:57222110 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57222110 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias de la Tierra corals Mexico Chiapas Cretaceous Maastrichtian |
| Sumario: | The coral species from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) strata of the Ocozocoautla Formationin Chiapas, Mexico, are identified, described and illustrated for the first time. This coral fauna is composedof 12 species, nine of which are colonial, presumably zooxanthellate, reef-building forms. This is thefirst time that six of these species have been reported from Mexico. The majority (11) of these species areendemic to the Caribbean region and known only from the Late Cretaceous. |
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