Revision of corals (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Northern Mexico) previously established by Imlay and Wells

Revisión de los corales (Jurásico tardío a Cretácico temprano, norte de México) previamente establecidos por Imlay y Wells

Hannes Löser1,*

1 Estación Regional del Noroeste, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Av. Luis Donaldo Colosio y Madrid S/N. Hermosillo 83110, Sonora, México.

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How to cite this article:

Löser, H., 2024, Revision of corals (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Northern Mexico) previously established by Imlay and Wells: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 76 (3), A190424. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2024v76n3a190424 

Manuscript received: March 14, 2024; corrected manuscript received: April 14, 2024; manuscript accepted: April 20, 2024.

ABSTRACT

New Mesozoic (Kimmeridgian to Albian) corals from northern Mexico (Mexican states Coahuila, Durango and Sonora), that were established by Imlay and Wells between 1940 and 1946, are revised on the basis of the type material kept at the Museum of Paleontology of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (Mich., USA). From the six new species, only one may remain in use, and the other five species are considered to be synonyms of older taxa.

Keywords: Scleractinia, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Mexico.