CM07-1 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 120287: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora monticulosa, Stylophora affinis, Stylophora minor
Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis, Acropora palmata
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, "Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa, Diploria zambensis
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Diploria zambensis Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis
Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis Weisbord 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides, Porites porites, Porites furcata, Porites baracoaensis
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites porites Pallas 1766 stony coral
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral