Brizas del Caribe & Rio Tallaboa Sections: Middle Miocene, Puerto Rico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea sp. (Blainville 1830)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Meandrina (Placocyathus) sp. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora sp. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830
see common names

Geography
Country:Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18.0° North, 66.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.9° North, 63.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ponce
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: carbonate embayment with patch reefs
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1349
Database number:45405
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-10-20 15:07:34 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-10-20 15:07:34
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11819. E. N. Edinger and M. J. Risk. 1994. Oligocene-Miocene extinction and geographic restriction od Caribbean corals: Roles of turbidity, termperature, and nutrients. Palaios 9:576-598 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]