Cerro Guariro, Castillo (Oligocene of Venezuela)
Where: Venezuela (11.0° N, 70.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 65.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Castillo Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone and shale
• shales, sandstones and conglomerates
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 87067: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 03.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973 stony coral
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Astrocoenia portoicensis stony coral
Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987 stony coral | |
Porites trinitatis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral | |
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Diploastrea sp. Matthai 1914 stony coral
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Agathiphyllia tenuis Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea, Montastrea imperatoris, Montastrea cavernosa, "Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
"Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral |