Saboga Island (Holocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (8.6° N, 79.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 79.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• The reef formed on tuffaceous sandstone, and is 5.6 m thick.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: P. W. Glynn and I. G. Macintyre. 1977. Growth rate and age of coral reefs on the Pacific coast of Panama. Proceedings of the 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium 2:251-259 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97520: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora stellata
Psammocora stellata Verrill 1866 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona gigantea
Pavona gigantea Verrill 1869 stony coral