Hill Point, Colon Island, sample 1425, Bocas del Toro (Pleistocene of Panama)

Also known as Reef 3599

Where: Panama (9.4° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 82.0° 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)

• section 26

• 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 73630: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.06.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis decactis Lyman 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata, "Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mycetophyllia danaana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral