Also known as Reef 2397
Where: California (33.0° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 114.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Latrania Member (Imperial Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• No calcareous algae found
Primary reference: A. B. Foster. 1980. Ecology and morphology of the Caribbean Mio-Pliocene reef-coral Siderastrea. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 25:439-450 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34853: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 08.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites carrizensis Vaughan 1917 stony coral | |
"Siderastrea mendenhalli" = Siderastrea mendenhalli, "Siderastrea californica" = Siderastrea mendenhalli
"Siderastrea californica" = Siderastrea mendenhalli Vaughan 1917 stony coral | |
Solenastrea fairbanksi Vaughan 1900 stony coral |