Vaughn Station 601 - Empire [Emperador Limestone] (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as Reef 2776

Where: Panama (9.1° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 77.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Emperador Limestone Member (Culebra Formation), Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• AGE: Early Miocene in text; direct date extrapolated from Kirby et al. (1999), =Aquitanian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124533: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora goethalsi n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
"Stylophora goethalsi n. sp." = Stylophora minor, Stylophora macdonaldi n. sp., Stylophora canalis n. sp., "Stylophora panamensis n. sp." = Stylophora affinis, Stylophora imperatoris n. sp.
"Stylophora goethalsi n. sp." = Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora macdonaldi n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Stylophora canalis n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Stylophora panamensis n. sp." = Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora imperatoris n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Porites toulai n. sp." = Porites baracoaensis, Porites anguillensis, "Porites (Synaraea) macdonaldi n. sp." = Porites macdonaldi, Porites douvillei n. sp., "Goniopora clevei" = Porites portoricensis, "Porites (Synaraea) howei n. sp." = Porites portoricensis, "Porites panamensis n. sp." = Porites waylandi, Goniopora imperatoris n. sp., "Goniopora hilli n. sp." = Goniopora hilli, "Goniopora canalis n. sp." = Goniopora hilli, Goniopora panamensis n. sp.
"Porites toulai n. sp." = Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites anguillensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Porites (Synaraea) macdonaldi n. sp." = Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites douvillei n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Goniopora clevei" = Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Porites (Synaraea) howei n. sp." = Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Porites panamensis n. sp." = Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral
Goniopora imperatoris n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Goniopora hilli n. sp." = Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Goniopora canalis n. sp." = Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Goniopora panamensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona panamensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea canalis n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella imperatoris n. sp." = Montastrea imperatoris, "Orbicella canalis n. sp." = Montastraea endothecata
"Orbicella imperatoris n. sp." = Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Orbicella canalis n. sp." = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylangia panamensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral