Sam Wright Hill, San Andres Island (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as Reef 2044

Where: Colombia (12.5° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 81.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: San Andres Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• coral patch reef

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Geister. 1975. Riffbau und geologische Entwicklungsgeschichte der Insel San Andres (westliches Karibisches Meer, Kolumbien) [Reef building and geological evolution of San Andres Island (western Caribbean Sea, Colombia)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, B 15:1-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73792: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica" sp.
"Natica" sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp.
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus chiriquiensis, Spondylus cf. chiriquiensis, Pectinidae indet., "Chlamys (Aequipecten) sp." = Aequipecten
Spondylus chiriquiensis Olsson 1922 scallop
Spondylus cf. chiriquiensis Olsson 1922 scallop
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) sp." = Aequipecten Fischer 1886 scallop
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea crassolamellata, Diploastrea cf. crassolamellata
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Diploastrea cf. crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora cf. imperatoris
Stylophora cf. imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp.
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea cf. siderea
Siderastrea cf. siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp., Porites sp., Porites cf. astreoides
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites cf. astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea sp., Montastraea cf. cavernosa
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastraea cf. cavernosa Linnaeus 1767 stony coral