Brito: Late Eocene, Nicaragua
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Astrocoenia dachiardii
Duncan 1873
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Syzygophyllia hayesi n. sp.
Vaughan 1919
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Geography
| Country: | Nicaragua |
| Coordinates: | 11.3° North, 86.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.5° North, 79.9° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Brito |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified marl |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124538 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-18 02:38:20 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-02-18 02:38:20 |
| 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] |