Port Morant, Diplora strigosa-Acropora palmata biofacies (Pleistocene of Jamaica)
Where: Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 76.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Port Morant Formation (Upper Coastal Group), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Sangamonian age
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. A. James. 2006. Coral Biodiversity and Zonation on a Pleistocene Reef, Southeastern Jamaica. Jamaica Clearing House Mechanism [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176403: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.02.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
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Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
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Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Colpophyllia natans, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Diploria labyrinthiformis, Isophyllia rigida
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Isophyllia rigida Dana 1848 stony coral | |
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Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
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Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |