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Porites baracoaensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Porites baracoaensis was named by Vaughan (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baracoa, station 3476, which is in a Pliocene perireef or subreef marl in Cuba.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Porites baracoaensis Vaughan
1919Porites toulai Vaughan
2005Porites baracoaensis López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusPoritesLink 1807
speciesbaracoaensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919
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Invalid names: Porites toulai Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 11:33:30
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:33:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Porites baracoaensis (69724)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Venezuela Porites baracoaensis (87067)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica Porites baracoaensis (69725)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Porites baracoaensis (203918 203920)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Porites baracoaensis (203876)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Porites baracoaensis (60259 60261 60262 60264 60267) Porites toulai (124533)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Porites baracoaensis (201392 201393 201394 211329 211330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela Porites baracoaensis (87050)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Porites toulai (73793)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Porites baracoaensis (85771 85798 85799)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia Porites baracoaensis, Porites toulai (73794) Porites toulai (73795)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Porites baracoaensis (124828)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Anguilla Porites baracoaensis (22971 22972 22973)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Porites baracoaensis (27588 27593 27595)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama Porites baracoaensis (120405 120407 120408 120409)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Porites baracoaensis (34515)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Bahamas Porites baracoaensis (73641)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) Porites baracoaensis (71245)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic Porites baracoaensis (84978 93719 93721 94002)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Porites baracoaensis (41067 41068 84960 84965 84966 93654 93687 93716 93731 93732 94000 94005 94094)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Netherlands Antilles Porites baracoaensis (41028)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Porites baracoaensis (120362 120390 120392 120395)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Porites baracoaensis (84977 93734 93736 94007)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands Antilles Porites baracoaensis (41032 41034 41035)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Porites baracoaensis (41072)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Porites baracoaensis (41070 41071 93735 93792 93795 93997 93998 94090)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Porites baracoaensis (71367 71374 71383 71387 71390 71391 71394 71396 71397 71398 71409 71410)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Dominican Republic Porites baracoaensis (93739 93793 94137)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Porites baracoaensis (34539 34540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas Porites baracoaensis (73649 73650 73651 73652 73653)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Cuba Porites baracoaensis (71135 type locality: 124532)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Porites baracoaensis (41040 41041 41042 41050 41051)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Porites baracoaensis (71773 73622)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Porites baracoaensis (73631 120272 120284 120287)