Also known as Reef 786
Where: Dominican Republic (19.7° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 70.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• 7.5 to 8.3 Ma. Late Miocene
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, peel or thin section,
• Abundance data refer to mean percentage occurrence overa all samples within facies. Measured by line transects but indicated as % area in lists
Primary reference: J. S. Klaus and A. F. Budd. 2003. Comparison of Caribbean coral reef communities before and after Plio-Pleistocene faunal turnover: Analyses of two Dominican Republic reef sequences. Palaios 18(1):3-21 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34515: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Favia dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Pavona pseudocolumnastrea stony coral
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Agaricia lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral | |
"Madracis mirabilis" = Madracis myriaster
"Madracis mirabilis" = Madracis myriaster Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea, "Montastrea sp." = Montastraea, "Montastrea sp." = Montastraea, Montastrea endothecata
Montastrea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral |