Uva Island (Holocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (7.8° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 81.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reef is 11 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: P. W. Glynn and I. G. Macintyre. 1977. Growth rate and age of coral reefs on the Pacific coast of Panama. Proceedings of the 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium 2:251-259 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97521: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona varians, "Agariciella planulata" = Leptoseris
Pavona varians Verrill 1864 stony coral
"Agariciella planulata" = Leptoseris stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Porites californica" = Porites panamensis
"Porites californica" = Porites panamensis Verrill 1866 stony coral