Where: Colombia (12.1° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 67.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Siamaná Formation, Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• presence Siderastrea siderea, Mimachlamys canalis and principally the large benthic foraminifera assemblages point to an early Miocene age
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bryozoan specimens were obtained from the surfaces of coral colonies and in the attached sediment. The coral samples were collected from seven stations along transects of 10 m
Primary reference: P. Flórez, E. di Martino, and L. V. Ramalho. 2021. Early Miocene coral reef-associated bryozoans from Colombia. Part I: Cyclostomata, “Anasca” and Cribrilinoidea Cheilostomata. Journal of Paleontology 95(4):694-719 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 211330: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 14.07.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Stenolaemata | |
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Gymnolaemata | |
Reteporellina sp. Harmer 1933 Erect rigid, substrate: Caryophylliidae - Acropora panamensis, Acropora panamensis
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Calpensia caribensis n. sp.
Calpensia caribensis n. sp. Encrusting, substrate: Alveopora tampae, Colpophyllia willoughbiensis, Goniopora hilli
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Cribrilinidae indet., Figularia bragai n. sp., Cribrilaria multicostata n. sp., Cribrilaria nixor n. sp.
Cribrilinidae indet. Hincks 1880 Encrusting, substrate: Acropora panamensis, Acropora sp., Mollusk shell,
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Hippopleurifera "sp. 2" Canu and Bassler 1927 Encrusting, substrate: Acropora sp., Acropora panamensis
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Poricella paulae n. sp.
Poricella paulae n. sp. Encrusting, substrate: Millepora sp., Acropora sp., Alveopora tampae, Caryophylliidae - Alveopora sp., Acropora panamensis
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Anthozoa | |
Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973 stony coral | |
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Caryophylliidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral | |
Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora sp. fire coral |