PPP# 2002 - Swan Cay [Swan Cay Fm] (Pleistocene of Panama)

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: Swan Cay Formation (Bocas del Toro Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• section 25

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified, silty grainstone

• deep fore-reef
• 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 73633: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria labyrinthiformis
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis asperula
Madracis asperula Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea faveolata
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral