CM07-3 Colon Island, Bocas del Toro: Early Pleistocene, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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
- Astrocoeniidae
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Madracis decactis
(Lyman 1859)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| 5 specimens | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora cervicornis
(Lamarck 1816)
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Acropora palmata
(Lamarck 1816)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Diploria clivosa
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| 1 specimen | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Solenastrea bournoni
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Meandrinidae
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Dichocoenia stokesi
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Montastrea annularis
(Ellis and Solander 1876)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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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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Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.4° North, 82.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.6° North, 81.8° West (Wright 2013) |
| 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 Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Isla Colon | Member: | La Gruta | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 2.2-1.4 Ma | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: windward reef, shallow (<10 m), well-agitated platform | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3599 | ||
| Database number: | 120288 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-11-10 00:58:23 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-11-10 00:58:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
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] |