Rio Guajataca Section (Miocene to of Puerto Rico)

Also known as Reef 1350

Where: Puerto Rico (18.5° N, 67.0° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 65.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aymamon Formation, Middle Miocene to Middle Miocene (16.0 - 5.3 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 45406: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 20.10.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Meandrina (Placocyathus) sp." = Placocyathus
"Meandrina (Placocyathus) sp." = Placocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral