CM06-6 Colon Island, Bocas del Toro (Pleistocene of Panama)

Also known as Reef 3599

Where: Panama (9.4° N, 82.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 9.6° N, 81.8° W (Wright 2013)

• 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

• windward reef, shallow (<10 m), well-agitated platform

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 120283: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora granulata
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral