CM07-8 Colon Island, Bocas del Toro (Pleistocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (9.4° N, 82.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 9.7° N, 81.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hill Point Member (Urraca Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• 1.2-0.8 Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; limestone

• barrier reef on the margin of a shallow (<10 m), well-agitated platform

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. S. Klaus, D. F. McNeill, A. F. Budd and A. G. Coates. 2012. Neogene reef coral assemblages of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama: the rise of Acropora palmata. Coral Reefs 31(1):191-203 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120217: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis, Acropora palmata
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia duncani
Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia fragum
Favia fragum Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea portoricensis, "Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dendrogyra cylindrus, Dichocoenia stokesi
Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Colpophyllia natans
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral