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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2003
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- The Cretaceous corals of Mexico: occurrences and history of research Harry F. Filkorn Ciencias de la Tierra corals Mexico Cretaceous research history An extensive, detailed compilation of the known occurrences and described species of Cretaceousscleractinian corals in the country of Mexico, based almost entirely on published scientificliterature, is presented for the first time. Cretaceous corals have been reported from more than 170localities in more than 200 published studies dating from at least as early as 1839. Unfortunately,relatively few of these 200 publications actually described coral species: the entire research historyon Mexican Cretaceous coral systematic paleontology is contained in only 16 studies. A total of 116coral species have been described from these occurrences, inclusive of unnamed coral species andwith previously suggested synonymies taken into consideration. Overall the coral occurrences spannearly the entire Cretaceous Period, from the Berriasian through the Maastrichtian, but at least 60percent of them are from the Early Cretaceous. Furthermore, the vast majority (about 90 percent) ofthe total number of Mexican Cretaceous coral species are known from the Early Cretaceous. Basedon these data, it seems likely that many of the Cretaceous corals of Mexico are still unknown. Thedetailed review of the literature on Mexican Cretaceous corals presented in this study establishes amodern foundation for future investigations of the paleobiogeography and systematic paleontologyof the members of this significant group of reef-building organisms. 2003 artículo científico 1026-8774 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57220105 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=572 Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas (México) Num.1 Vol.20