AB99-04 Valiente Peninsula, Bocas del Toro (Miocene of Panama)

Also known as Reef 3601

Where: Panama (9.1° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Valiente Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• 12-11 Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• coral reef lenses intercalated in coarse volcaniclastic facies

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 120410: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea trinitatis, Montastrea imperatoris, "Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata, Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea trinitatis Vaughan 1926 stony coral
Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora granulata
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
? Cladocora sp.
? Cladocora sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites waylandi
Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora trinitatis
Psammocora trinitatis Vaughan 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp.
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral