Paleoecology of the first Devonian-like sclerobiont association on Permian brachiopods from southeastern Mexico

Miguel Torres-Martínez,Lourdes Martín-Aguilar,Olev Vinn

doi:10.4202/app.00777.2020

Abstract

Paleoecology of the first Devonian-like sclerobiont association on Permian brachiopods from southeastern Mexico

Highlights

This paper describes a sclerobiont association from the Paso Hondo Formation (Roadian, middle Permian), Chiapas, Mexico
Different marine invertebrates such as hederelloids, microconchids, bryozoans, and crinoids encrusted brachiopod shells belonging to Athyridida and Rhynchonellida
The Roadian age of the association is based on the stratigraphic distribution of host brachiopods

Summary

Introduction

This paper describes a sclerobiont association from the Paso Hondo Formation (Roadian, middle Permian), Chiapas, Mexico. Different marine invertebrates such as hederelloids, microconchids, bryozoans, and crinoids (represented by holdfasts) encrusted brachiopod shells belonging to Athyridida and Rhynchonellida. This association is similar to those recorded in different Devonian localities, especially by the co-occurrence of microconchids, hederelloids, and bryozoans.

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