Also known as Reef 3600
Where: Panama (9.3° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 81.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: La Gruta Member (Isla Colon Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• 2.2-1.4 Ma
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
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 120281: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Undaria pusilla" = Agaricia
"Undaria pusilla" = Agaricia stony coral | |
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |