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2006 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Mesozoic Corals of Mexico
Author : Harry F. Filkorn
Published in: Studies on Mexican Paleontology
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
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The majority of the Mesozoic scleractinian corals reported from Mexico, 117 species or about 80 percent, are from Cretaceous strata. Comparatively little is known of the earlier Mesozoic corals. The Jurassic corals, a total of 17 species, have been described from five localities in Mexico, all in Upper Jurassic rocks. The 10 Triassic coral species described from Mexico are from the Upper Triassic Antimonio Formation of northwestern Sonora. The majority of the Jurassic and Triassic coral species reported from Mexico have been described previously from occurrences in Europe.