Where: Venezuela (11.1° N, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.7° N, 65.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: San Luis Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. G. Johnson, M. R. Sanchez-Villagra, and O. A. Aguilera. 2009. The Oligocene-Miocene Transition on Coral Reefs in the Falcon Basin (NM Venezuela). Palaios 24:59-69 [W. Kiessling/M. Nimke]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87096: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 04.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973 stony coral | |
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Astrocoenia guantanamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
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Stylophora undata Weisbord 1971 stony coral | |
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Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral | |
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Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
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Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Agathiphyllia tenuis Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
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"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Trachyphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
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Diploastrea magnifica Duncan 1863 stony coral
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |