Where: Colombia (12.5° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: San Andres Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Geister. 1975. Riffbau und geologische Entwicklungsgeschichte der Insel San Andres (westliches Karibisches Meer, Kolumbien) [Reef building and geological evolution of San Andres Island (western Caribbean Sea, Colombia)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, B 15:1-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 73800: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Stylophora cf. imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Leptoseris sp., "Helioseris cf. cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata, Agaricia sp., Agaricia cf. undata
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
"Helioseris cf. cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Agaricia cf. undata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Scolymia sp. Haime 1852 stony coral
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Diploria cf. labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Teleiophyllia sp." = Manicina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Dichocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata, ? Trachyphyllia sp.
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
? Trachyphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Thysanus excentricus Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Astraea sp. Röding 1798 snail |