McKinnon's Mill, USGS 6888 (Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

Also known as Reef 2072

Where: Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda (17.1° N, 61.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 60.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Antigua Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

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 124705: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
"Cyathomorpha browni n. sp." = Agathiphyllia browni, "Cyathomorpha antiguensis" = Agathiphyllia antiguensis, "Cyathomorpha hilli" = Agathiphyllia hilli
"Cyathomorpha browni n. sp." = Agathiphyllia browni Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Cyathomorpha antiguensis" = Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Cyathomorpha hilli" = Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral