Crossroads Clinic Roadcut, Antigua Fm (Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

Where: Antigua and Barbuda (17.0° N, 61.7° W: paleocoordinates 16.3° N, 60.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Globigerina ciperoensis ciperoensis foram zone, Antigua Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

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

• "marly limestone"

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: K. G. Johnson. 2003. Reef-coral diversity in the Late Oligocene Antigua Formation and temporal variation of local diversity on Caribbean Cenozoic Reefs. Fossil Corals and Sponges Proceedings of the 9th Internatinal Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera. Vienna : Austian Academny of Sciences Press 471-492 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203875: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastraea endothecata" = Montastraea endothecata, "Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata
"Montastraea endothecata" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia hilli, Agathiphyllia tenuis
Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Agathiphyllia tenuis Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Astrocoenia portoricensis" = Astrocoenia portoricoensis
"Astrocoenia portoricensis" = Astrocoenia portoricoensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora imperatoris
Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora saludensis, Alveopora tampae
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea cellulosa
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pectiniidae
Fungophyllia "sp. A"
Fungophyllia "sp. A" Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites regularis, Porites portoricensis
Porites regularis stony coral
Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea magnifica
Diploastrea magnifica Duncan 1863 stony coral