Also known as Reef 3107
Where: Decatur County, Georgia (30.9° N, 84.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 79.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chattahoochee Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• basal part of Chattahoochee Formation
• 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 71115: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.04.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Stylocoenia pumpellyi Vaughan 1900 stony coral
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Astrocoenia decaturensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
"Stylophora minutissima" = Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
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"Orbicella bainbridgensis n. sp." = Montastraea endothecata
"Orbicella bainbridgensis n. sp." = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
? Astrangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
"? Antillia sp." = Trachyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Favites polygonalis Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Siderastrea silecensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Goniopora sp., Goniopora decaturensis n. sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora decaturensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Actinacis alabamensis Vaughan 1900 stony coral |