Lares & Ciales Sections (Oligocene of Puerto Rico)

Also known as Reef 1348

Where: Puerto Rico (18.3° N, 66.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 65.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• carbonate shelf with patch reefs

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 45404: 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 - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Alveopora sp., Astreopora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylocoeniella sp., Stylophora sp.
Stylocoeniella sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris sp.
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp., Porites sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis sp.
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Pironastrea sp., Siderastrea sp.
Pironastrea sp. d'Achiardi 1875 stony coral
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia sp.
Agathiphyllia sp. Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia sp.
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp., Cladocora sp., Antiguastrea sp.
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Antiguastrea sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea sp.
Diploastrea sp. Matthai 1914 stony coral