Vaughn Station 601 - Empire [Emperador Limestone]: Aquitanian, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora goethalsi n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora goethalsi n. sp. Vaughan 1919
synonym of Stylophora minor
Stylophora macdonaldi n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Stylophora canalis n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Stylophora panamensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919
synonym of Stylophora affinis
Stylophora imperatoris n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites toulai n. sp. Vaughan 1919
synonym of Porites baracoaensis
Porites anguillensis Vaughan 1919
Porites (Synaraea) macdonaldi n. sp. (Vaughan 1919)
original and current combination Porites macdonaldi
Porites douvillei n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Goniopora clevei Vaughan 1919
synonym of Porites portoricensis
Porites (Synaraea) howei n. sp. Vaughan 1919
synonym of Porites portoricensis
Porites panamensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919
synonym of Porites waylandi
Goniopora imperatoris n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Goniopora hilli n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Goniopora canalis n. sp. Vaughan 1919
synonym of Goniopora hilli
Goniopora panamensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona panamensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea canalis n. sp. Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Orbicella imperatoris n. sp. Vaughan 1919
recombined as Montastrea imperatoris
Orbicella canalis n. sp. Vaughan 1919
synonym of Montastraea endothecata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylangia panamensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.1° North, 79.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.1° North, 77.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:20.5 Ma (Sr isotope)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Culebra Member:Emperador Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Early Miocene in text; direct date extrapolated from Kirby et al. (1999), =Aquitanian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
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:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2776
Database number:124533
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-02-17 21:31:40 Last modified:2012-11-29 13:33:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-02-17 21:31:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12754. T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524 [R. Baron-Szabo/R. Baron-Szabo/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

43691 M. X. Kirby, D. S. Jones, and B. J. MacFadden. 2009. Lower Miocene stratigraphy along the Panama Canal and its bearing on the Central American Peninula. PLoS One 3(7):1-14 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]