Also known as Reef 2044
Where: Colombia (12.5° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 80.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: San Andres Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
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 73793: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.06.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites cf. douvillei Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Porites toulai" = Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Montastrea cf. imperatoris, Montastrea cf. cavernosa, "Montastrea cf. canalis" = Montastraea endothecata, "Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata
Montastrea cf. imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Montastrea cf. cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
"Montastrea cf. canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Stylophora macdonaldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Clypeaster caudatus Jackson 1922 sand dollar | |
Bivalvia | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop |