Galeta Point, Fore-reef coral-head facies (Holocene of Panama)
Where: Panama (9.4° N, 79.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 79.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
• This facies occurs only at the base of the outer edge of the reef framework and consists of a mixed assemblage of massive corals. Most of these corals show extensive bioerosion and are in-filled with submarine cement.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: I. G. Macintyre and R. B. Aronson. 2013. Diving into the Past: Scuba and the Temporal Dimension of Coral Reefs. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences (39) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 165798: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
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Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
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Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
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Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
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Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |