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Acropora panamensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Acropora panamensis was named by Vaughan (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 6024b - Rio Agua Salud [Emperador Limestone], which is in an Aquitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Culebra Formation of Panama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bonelli, A. laurae, A. macrocalyx, A. saillans, A. suwanneensis, A. upchurchi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Acropora panamensis Vaughan
2005Acropora panamensis López-Pérez p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAcroporaOken 1815
speciespanamensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:22:56
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:22:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 33.90000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Acropora panamensis (69724)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica Acropora panamensis (69725)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Acropora panamensis (124537)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) Acropora panamensis (31271)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Acropora panamensis (60261 60267 type locality: 124636)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Acropora panamensis (201395 201396 211329 211330)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia Acropora panamensis (73794)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama Acropora panamensis (120403 120405)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) Acropora panamensis (71245)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Acropora panamensis (66809 66810)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Acropora panamensis (79958)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas Acropora panamensis (73662)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Bahamas Acropora panamensis (73663)