NW San Andres, site 2, transect 11 (Pleistocene of Colombia)

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

• Acropora cervicornis zone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: transect is 40 m long; this transect was not included in the data analysis

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 102785: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis, "Montastrea nancyi" = Orbicella nancyi, "Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
"Montastrea nancyi" = Orbicella nancyi Pandolfi 2007 stony coral
organ-pipe Montastrea
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral