Paunch, Colon Island, sample 1424, Bocas del Toro (Pleistocene of Panama)

Also known as Reef 3599

Where: Panama (9.4° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 81.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: La Gruta Member (Isla Colon Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef limestones and fore-reef rubble

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. F. Budd, K. G. Johnson, T. A. Stemann and B. H. Tompkins. 1999. Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:119-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73628: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea faveolata
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina meandrites
Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Diploria labyrinthiformis
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral