Guayanilla II section (Oligocene of Puerto Rico)

Also known as Reef 644

Where: Puerto Rico (18.0° N, 66.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 65.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Guayanilla Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• shelf edge barrier reef complex

Primary reference: E. N. Edinger and M. J. Risk. 1994. Oligocene-Miocene extinction and geographic restriction od Caribbean corals: Roles of turbidity, termperature, and nutrients. Palaios 9:576-598 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45402: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 20.10.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp.
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp., Stylocoeniella sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
Stylocoeniella sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp.
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea sp., Hydnophora sp., Favites sp., Cladocora sp., Antiguastrea sp.
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
Hydnophora sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Antiguastrea sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia sp.
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis sp.
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp., Porites sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp.
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris sp.
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea sp.
Diploastrea sp. Matthai 1914 stony coral