Galeta Point, Back-reef sediment facies (Holocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (9.4° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 79.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; rudstone

• The top of this facies grades into a calcareous mangrove peat. This facies consists of skeletal debris

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: I. G. Macintyre and R. B. Aronson. 2013. Diving into the Past: Scuba and the Temporal Dimension of Coral Reefs. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences (39) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165794: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral