Upper Jurassic corals from Chihuahua

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Published: Jan 8, 1974
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igl.05437652e.1974.0.40.294
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Corals, echinoids, Chihuahua

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María Magdalena Reyeros de Castillo
Geology Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Scientific Research Circuit S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, CDMX, Mexico.

Abstract

An Upper Jurassic coral fauna from Mexico is described. The whole fauna derives from Sierra del Águila, in the north part of the State of Chihuahua. Sevem especies are described, six of which (Actinastrea crasso-ramosa, Actinastrea tenuisepta, Thamnasteria M'Coyi, Thamnasteria lamourouxii, Cladophyllia dichotoma, Monstastrea cyclops) are correlated with european species already known and one is new (Placophyllia chihuahuensis).


A species of sea urchin, Caenocidaris cf. C. cucumiifera (Agassiz) (Echinoidea-Cidaroida) was found in asociation with the cora fauna. It is described at the end of this paper.

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Reyeros de Castillo, M. M. (1974). Upper Jurassic corals from Chihuahua. Paleontología Mexicana, (40), 3–37. https://doi.org/10.22201/igl.05437652e.1974.0.40.294
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No. 40 (1974): Upper Jurassic corals from Chihuahua, Caenocidaris Cf. C. Cucumifera (Agassiz) Echinoid from the Upper Jurassic of Chihuahua
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Palaeozoology
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