Road Bay: Burdigalian - Serravallian, Anguilla
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agathiphylliidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Orbicella costata
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Geography
| Country: | Anguilla |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 63.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.9° North, 59.4° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian - Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.45 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Anguilla |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | argillaceous "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 642 | ||
| Database number: | 124706 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-22 01:34:52 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-02-22 01:34:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
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] |