NW San Andres, site 2, transect 3: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora cervicornis
(Lamarck 1816)
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23.78 %-area | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea siderea
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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5.32 %-area | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Agaricia agaricites
(Linnaeus 1758)
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0.42 %-area | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea cavernosa
(Linne 1767)
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2.03 %-area | |||||||||
| Montastrea |
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Montastrea annularis
(Ellis and Solander 1876)
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3.04 %-area | |||||||||
| recombined as Orbicella annularis | ||||||||||
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Montastrea informal sp. 2
(Blainville 1830)
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47.95 %-area | |||||||||
| organ-pipe Montastrea | ||||||||||
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= Montastrea nancyi
Pandolfi 2007
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Pandolfi 2007 | |||||||||
| recombined as Orbicella nancyi | ||||||||||
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Montastrea faveolata
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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5.15 %-area | |||||||||
| recombined as Orbicella faveolata | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Meandrinidae
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Meandrina meandrites
(Linnaeus 1758)
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0.68 %-area | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Colpophyllia natans
(Houttuyn 1772)
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3.57 %-area | |||||||||
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Diploria labyrinthiformis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4.59 %-area | |||||||||
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Diploria strigosa
(Dana 1846)
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3.49 %-area | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudodiploria strigosa | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia |
| Coordinates: | 12.6° North, 81.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.6° North, 81.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 125 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | San Luis |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: shallow fore-reef | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: transect is 40 m long | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 102776 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-01-20 01:45:20 | Last modified: | 2011-01-26 06:06:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2016-01-20 01:45:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34809. | J. M. Pandolfi and J. B. C. Jackson. 2007. Broad-scale patterns in Pleistocene coral reef communities from the Caribbean: implications for ecology and management. In R. B. Aronson (ed.), Geological approaches to coral reef ecology. Ecological Studies 192:201-236 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 29698 | J. M. Pandolfi. 2007. A new, extinct Pleistocene reef coral from the Montastraea "annularis" species complex. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):472-482 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |