Hill Point, Colon Island, sample 1425, Bocas del Toro: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Madracis decactis
(Lyman 1859)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora palmata
(Lamarck 1816)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastraea cavernosa
Linnaeus 1767
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Montastraea faveolata
Ellis and Solander 1786
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Undaria agaricites
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Agaricia agaricites | |||||||
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Undaria crassa
(Verrill 1901)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Agaricia agaricites | |||||||
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Helioseris cucullata
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Leptoseris cucullata | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites astreoides
Lamarck 1816
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea siderea
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Mycetophyllia danaana
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Colpophyllia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Colpophyllia natans
(Houttuyn 1772)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Manicina areolata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Meandrinidae
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Meandrina sp.
Lamarck 1801
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.4° North, 82.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.4° North, 82.0° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Bocas del Toro | Formation: | Isla Colon | Member: | La Gruta |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: section 26 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: reef limestones and fore-reef rubble | |
| 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 3599 | ||
| Database number: | 73630 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-22 06:02:54 | Last modified: | 2012-08-01 06:12:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-22 06:02:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24129. | A. F. Budd, K. G. Johnson, T. A. Stemann and B. H. Tompkins. 1999. Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:119-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 24685 | A. G. Coates, D. F. McNeill, M. P. Aubry, W. A. Berggren, and L. S. Collins. 2005. An introduction to the geology of the Bocas del Toro archipelago, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(3):374-391 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |