CM08-6 Bastimentos Island, Bocas del Toro: Messinian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites waylandi
Foster 1986
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Undaria agaricites
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Agaricia agaricites | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea cavernosa
(Linne 1767)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Placocyathus costatus
Duncan 1864
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Antillophyllia sawkinsi
(Vaughan 1926)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Trachyphyllia sawkinsi | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Meandrinidae
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Dichocoenia stokesi
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Dichocoenia eminens
Weisbord 1974
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Colpophyllia amaranthus
Müller 1775
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.3° North, 82.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° North, 81.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 5.8 to 5.6 Ma (Sr isotope) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: 4 m thick reef unit of rubbly, bioclastic limestone | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: fringing reef, <20 m water depth | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 120357 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-11-11 01:37:05 | Last modified: | 2011-11-10 08:37:05 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-11-11 01:37:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38462. | J. S. Klaus, D. F. McNeill, A. F. Budd and A. G. Coates. 2012. Neogene reef coral assemblages of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama: the rise of Acropora palmata. Coral Reefs 31(1):191-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |