PBDB Collection

CM08-9 Bastimentos Island, Bocas del Toro (Miocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (9.3° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 81.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fish Hole Member (Old Bank Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• fringing reef, <20 m water depth

• 4 m thick reef unit of rubbly, bioclastic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. S. Klaus, D. F. McNeill, A. F. Budd and A. G. Coates. 2012. Neogene reef coral assemblages of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama: the rise of Acropora palmata. Coral Reefs 31(1):191-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120358: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Placocyathus variabilis Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandrinidae	Dichocoenia stokesi, Meandrina meandrites Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Scleractinia - Faviidae	Thysanus navicula Thysanus navicula Duncan 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Caulastrea portoricensis, "Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis, "Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata, Trachyphyllia "sp. B" Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral "Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral "Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral Trachyphyllia "sp. B" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Mussismilia aff. harttii, Colpophyllia amaranthus, Colpophyllia natans, Scolymia sp. "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral Mussismilia aff. harttii Verrill 1868 stony coral [entered as Mussismilia hartti] Colpophyllia amaranthus Müller 1775 stony coral Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral Scolymia sp. Haime 1852 stony coral
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Stephanocoenia intersepta, Madracis decaseptata Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral Madracis decaseptata Weisbord 1971 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora minor, Stylophora affinis, Stylophora granulata Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	Montastrea cavernosa Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Agaricia sp., "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites waylandi Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral