Sound Bay II, San Andres Island (Miocene of Colombia)

Also known as Reef 2044

Where: Colombia (12.5° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 81.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: San Andres Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• corals and small coral patch reefs in lagoonal environment

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Geister. 1975. Riffbau und geologische Entwicklungsgeschichte der Insel San Andres (westliches Karibisches Meer, Kolumbien) [Reef building and geological evolution of San Andres Island (western Caribbean Sea, Colombia)]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, B 15:1-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73794: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., "Porites baracoaensis" = Porites baracoaensis, "Porites toulai" = Porites baracoaensis
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
"Porites baracoaensis" = Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Porites toulai" = Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Stylophora cf. imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Stylophora ponderosa Vaughan 1900 stony coral
Stylophora cf. canalis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cf. panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop