Punta Espada locality, Jimol Fm (Miocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (12.0° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 67.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jimol Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• late early Miocene

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• shallow marine deposits with hermatypic zooxanthellate corals and was deposited in an inner shelf at less than 50 m depth.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Flórez, P. Zapata-Ramírez, and J. S. Klaus. 2018. Early Miocene shallow-water corals from La Guajira, Colombia: part I, Acroporidae–Montastraeidae. Journal of Paleontology 93:1-24 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201165: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp.
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites waylandi
Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella imperatoris" = Montastrea imperatoris
"Orbicella imperatoris" = Montastrea imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral