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Sierra Agua Verde, Sonora, Mexico

Lat/Long (Decimal)29.3667,-109.883
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationSonora, Mexico
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Sonora, Mexico

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Sierra Agua Verde, encriniteBuitron-Sanchez B. E., Gomez-Espinosa C., et al (2007)La Joya100 m thick section, Late Atokan
JA: entered as Atokan, but "early Late Moscovian" = Westphalian D is a more precise age call
grainstone311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Sierra Agua Verde, Chaetetes reef moundAlmazan-Vazquez E., Buitron-Sanchez B. E., et al (2007)La Joya60 m above the base of the section, Late Atokanbafflestone318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Brachiopoda
phylum
Animalia : Brachiopoda318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Crurithyris sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Crurithyris318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Spirifer sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Spiriferidae : Spirifer311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Neospirifer sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : Neospirifer318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Bryozoa
phylum
Animalia : Bryozoa318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Glyptopora sp.
genus
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cystoporida : Hexagonellidae : Glyptopora318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Fenestrellina sp.
genus
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Fenestrellina318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Syringopora sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : Syringopora318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Michelinia sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Micheliniidae : Michelinia311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Lophophyllidium sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Lophophyllidiidae : Lophophyllidium311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Crinoidea
class
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Cyclocaudex sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Cyclocaudex311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Cyclocrista sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Cyclocrista311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Cycloscapus sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Cycloscapus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Heterostelechus sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Heterostelechus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Lamprosterigma sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Lamprosterigma311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Mooreanteris sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Mooreanteris311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Pentagonopterix sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Pentagonopterix311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Pentaridica sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Pentaridica311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Preptopremnum sp.
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Preptopremnum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Euomphalus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Euomphalus311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Donaldina robusta
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Streptacididae : Donaldina : Aclis robusta311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Chaetetes sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Chaetetidae : Chaetetes318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Globivalvulina bulloides
species
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globivalvulinidae : Globivalvulina : Globivalvulina bulloides311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Endothyra bowmani
species
Foraminifera : Endothyridae : Endothyra : Endothyra bowmani311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Eostaffella sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Eostaffellidae : Eostaffella311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Millerella sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Ozawainellidae : Millerella311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Fusulinella sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Fusulinellidae : Fusulinella318.1 - 311.45 Ma
Carboniferous
Fusulinella thompsoni
species
Chromista : Foraminifera : Fusulinellidae : Fusulinella : Fusulinella thompsoni311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Insolentitheca sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Insolentithecidae : Insolentitheca311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Climacammina sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Textulariida : Palaeotextulariidae : Climacammina311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Pseudostaffella sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Pseudostaffellidae : Pseudostaffella311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Eoschubertella sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Schubertellidae : Schubertella311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Staffella sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Staffellidae : Staffella311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Eotuberitina sp.
genus
Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Tuberitinidae : Eotuberitina311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Eugonophyllum sp.
genus
Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Bryopsidales : Codiaceae : Eugonophyllum311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Kamaena sp.
genus
Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : Kamaena311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous
Komia sp.
genus
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Komia311.45 - 306.95 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Almazan-Vazquez E., Buitron-Sanchez B. E., et al (2007) The Late Atokan (Moscovian, Pennsylvanian) chaetetid accumulations of Sierra Agua Verde, Sonora (NW Mexico): composition, facies and palaeoenvironmental signals, in J. J. Alvaro, M. Aretz, F. Boulvain, A. Munnecke, D. Vachard, E. Vennin, eds., Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations: climatic and evolutionary controls. Geological Society Special Publication 275, 189-200
Buitron-Sanchez B. E., Gomez-Espinosa C., et al (2007) A Late Atokan regional encrinite (early Late Moscovian, Middle Pennsylvanian) in the Sierra Agua Verde, Sonora state, NW Mexico, in J. J. Alvaro, M. Aretz, F. Boulvain, A. Munnecke, D. Vachard, E. Vennin, eds., Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations: climatic and evolutionary controls. Geological Society Special Publication 275, 201-209
Villanueva-Olea R., Barrag谩n R., et al (2019) Microfacies and stable isotope analyses from the Carboniferous of the La Joya section in Sierra Agua Verde, Sonora, Mexico, Bolet铆n de la Sociedad Geol贸gica Mexicana 71 3, 585-607 doi:0.18268/BSGM2019v71n3a1
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