Corals from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Ocozocoautla Formation, Chiapas, Mexico
Vol. 22 No. 1 (2005), SPECIAL SECTION, Mesozoic Invertebrate Paleontologyc
Vol. 22 No. 1 (2005)

Corals from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Ocozocoautla Formation, Chiapas, Mexico

SPECIAL SECTION, Mesozoic Invertebrate Paleontologyc
Published 2018-05-07
Harry F. Filkorn
Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007 USA.
Javier Avendaño-Gil
Instituto de Historia Natural y Ecología, Calzada de los Hombres Ilustres s/n, 29000 Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico.
Marco A. Coutiño-José
Instituto de Historia Natural y Ecología, Calzada de los Hombres Ilustres s/n, 29000 Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico.
Francisco J. Vega-Vera
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, D. F., Mexico.
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corals, Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, Mexico, Chiapas.

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Filkorn, H. F., Avendaño-Gil, J., Coutiño-José, M. A., & Vega-Vera, F. J. (2018). Corals from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Ocozocoautla Formation, Chiapas, Mexico. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Geológicas, 22(1), 115–128. Retrieved from https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/877
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Abstract

The coral species from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) strata of the Ocozocoautla Formation in Chiapas, Mexico, are identified, described and illustrated for the first time. This coral fauna is composed of 12 species, nine of which are colonial, presumably zooxanthellate, reef-building forms. This is the first time that six of these species have been reported from Mexico. The majority (11) of these species are endemic to the Caribbean region and known only from the Late Cretaceous.

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