USGS 6251 Monkey Point (Pleistocene of Costa Rica)

Where: Costa Rica (9.6° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 82.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• seaward-facing reef

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524 [R. Baron-Szabo/R. Baron-Szabo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124700: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata, Acropora muricata
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Maeandra clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa, "Maeandra strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
"Maeandra clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Maeandra strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Eusmilia fastigiata
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral