seacliff_26, Curacao (Pleistocene of Netherlands Antilles)

Where: Netherlands Antilles (12.1° N, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 68.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Seroe Domi Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• Radiometric age 2.15 Ma

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Semiquantitative data reported as: 1 = rare, 2 = common, 3 = abundant, 4 = superabundant

Primary reference: A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Origination preceding extinction during late Cenozoic turnover of Caribbean reefs. Paleobiology 25(2):188-200 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41055: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Corals only
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis decactis Lyman 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata, "Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
ssp. -3
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral