PBDB Collection

AB98-18 Bastimentos Island, Bocas del Toro (Miocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (9.3° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 81.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fish Hole Member (Old Bank Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• fringing reef, <20 m water depth

• 4 m thick reef unit of rubbly, bioclastic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. S. Klaus, D. F. McNeill, A. F. Budd and A. G. Coates. 2012. Neogene reef coral assemblages of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama: the rise of Acropora palmata. Coral Reefs 31(1):191-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120392: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata, Caulastrea portoricensis "Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandrinidae	Dichocoenia tuberosa Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Faviidae	Hadrophyllia saundersi Hadrophyllia saundersi Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Manicina geisteri, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Mussismilia hispida, Mycetophyllia danaana Manicina geisteri Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral Mussismilia hispida Verrill 1901 stony coral Mycetophyllia danaana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Placocyathus variabilis Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Agaricia undata, "Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Agaricia undata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral "Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora imperatoris, Porites baracoaensis, Porites macdonaldi, Porites portoricensis, Porites waylandi Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Stephanocoenia duncani Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora cervicornis Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora granulata, Stylophora minor Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	"Montastrea "sp. A"" = Montastraea, Montastrea cavernosa, "Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata "Montastrea "sp. A"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral "Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral