Where: Colombia (12.6° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 12.6° N, 81.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: San Luis Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: transect is 40 m long
Primary reference: J. M. Pandolfi and J. B. C. Jackson. 2007. Broad-scale patterns in Pleistocene coral reef communities from the Caribbean: implications for ecology and management. In R. B. Aronson (ed.), Geological approaches to coral reef ecology. Ecological Studies 192:201-236 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 102778: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Porites porites Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Diploria labyrinthiformis, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral | |
"Montastrea nancyi" = Orbicella nancyi, "Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral |