La Ventana 2, BC 11 (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.0° N, 109.8° W: paleocoordinates 24.0° N, 109.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Lopez-Perez. 2008. Fossil corals from the Gulf of California, Mexico: still a depauperate fauna but it bears more species than previously thought. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4 59(12):503-519 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119914: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites panamensis Verrill 1866 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora stellata Verrill 1866 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona clavus Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 stony coral