Vaughn Station 601 - Empire [Emperador Limestone]: Aquitanian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Astreopora goethalsi n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Acropora saludensis
Vaughan 1919
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora goethalsi n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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synonym of Stylophora minor | |||||||
Stylophora macdonaldi n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Stylophora canalis n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Stylophora panamensis n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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synonym of Stylophora affinis | |||||||
Stylophora imperatoris n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites toulai n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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synonym of Porites baracoaensis | |||||||
Porites anguillensis
Vaughan 1919
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Porites (Synaraea) macdonaldi n. sp.
(Vaughan 1919)
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original and current combination Porites macdonaldi | |||||||
Porites douvillei n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Goniopora clevei
Vaughan 1919
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synonym of Porites portoricensis | |||||||
Porites (Synaraea) howei n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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synonym of Porites portoricensis | |||||||
Porites panamensis n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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synonym of Porites waylandi | |||||||
Goniopora imperatoris n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Goniopora hilli n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Goniopora canalis n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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synonym of Goniopora hilli | |||||||
Goniopora panamensis n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Pavona panamensis n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Goniastrea canalis n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Orbicella imperatoris n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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recombined as Montastrea imperatoris | |||||||
Orbicella canalis n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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synonym of Montastraea endothecata | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Stylangia panamensis n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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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] |