PBDB Collection

CM07-10 Colon Island, Bocas del Toro (Pleistocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (9.4° N, 82.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 9.7° N, 81.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mimitimbi Member (Urraca Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• 1.2-0.8 Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

• deeper water (>20 m)

• abundant corals and skeletal debris admixed with carbonate and siliciclastic mud

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. S. Klaus, D. F. McNeill, A. F. Budd and A. G. Coates. 2012. Neogene reef coral assemblages of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama: the rise of Acropora palmata. Coral Reefs 31(1):191-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120219: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.11.2011, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Madracis "sp. B", Madracis pharensis, Stephanocoenia duncani, Stephanocoenia intersepta, Stephanocoenia spongiformis Madracis "sp. B" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Madracis pharensis Heller 1868 stony coral Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987 stony coral Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral Stephanocoenia spongiformis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora cervicornis Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	Montastrea cavernosa Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	"Montastrea franksi" = Orbicella franksi, "Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis "Montastrea franksi" = Orbicella franksi Gregory 1895 stony coral "Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandrinidae	Meandrina meandrites, Dichocoenia stokesi Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Mycetophyllia danaana Mycetophyllia danaana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Siderastrea siderea Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites astreoides Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Agaricia undata, "Undaria "sp. A"" = Agaricia, "Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Agaricia agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Agaricia undata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral "Undaria "sp. A"" = Agaricia Lamarck 1801 stony coral "Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral "Agaricia agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral