Also known as Reef 642
Where: Anguilla (18.2° N, 63.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 62.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Anguilla Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 11.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by T.W. Vaughan in 1914; reposited in the USNM
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 124703: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites anguillensis, "Goniopora clevei" = Porites portoricensis, Goniopora imperatoris, "Goniopora canalis" = Goniopora hilli
Porites anguillensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Goniopora clevei" = Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Goniopora canalis" = Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Pironastrea anguillensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
"Orbicella canalis" = Montastraea endothecata, "Orbicella costata" = Montastrea costata
"Orbicella canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Orbicella costata" = Montastrea costata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Malacostraca | |
Callianassa anguillensis Rathbun 1919 decapod | |
Lyreidus fastigatus n. sp.
Lyreidus fastigatus n. sp. Rathbun 1919 crab |