Cerro Guariro, Castillo (Oligocene of Venezuela)

Where: Venezuela (11.0° N, 70.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 65.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Castillo Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone and shale

• shales, sandstones and conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. G. Johnson, M. R. Sanchez-Villagra, and O. A. Aguilera. 2009. The Oligocene-Miocene Transition on Coral Reefs in the Falcon Basin (NM Venezuela). Palaios 24:59-69 [W. Kiessling/M. Nimke]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87067: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 03.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973 stony coral
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites trinitatis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea sp. Matthai 1914 stony coral
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Agathiphyllia tenuis Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
"Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral