CM08-9 Bastimentos Island, Bocas del Toro (Miocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (9.3° N, 82.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fish Hole Member (Old Bank Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• fringing reef, <20 m water depth
• 4 m thick reef unit of rubbly, bioclastic limestone

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 120358: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Placocyathus variabilis
Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp., "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites waylandi
Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis decaseptata, Stephanocoenia intersepta
Madracis decaseptata Weisbord 1971 stony coral
Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora minor, Stylophora granulata, Stylophora affinis
Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Thysanus navicula
Thysanus navicula Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea portoricensis, "Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata, "Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis, Trachyphyllia "sp. B"
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
Trachyphyllia "sp. B" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina meandrites, Dichocoenia stokesi
Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Colpophyllia amaranthus, Colpophyllia natans, Mussismilia aff. harttii, Scolymia sp.
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Colpophyllia amaranthus Müller 1775 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Mussismilia aff. harttii Verrill 1868 stony coral
[entered as Mussismilia hartti]
Scolymia sp. Haime 1852 stony coral