Isla Carmen, Punta Baja, BC 12 (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Also known as Reef 3936

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (25.8° N, 111.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Lopez-Perez. 2008. Fossil corals from the Gulf of California, Mexico: still a depauperate fauna but it bears more species than previously thought. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4 59(12):503-519 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119920: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora capitata Verrill 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites panamensis Verrill 1866 stony coral
Porites sverdrupi Durham 1947 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora stellata Verrill 1866 stony coral