Rifle Butts, USGS 6854 (Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

Also known as Reef 2072

Where: Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda (17.1° N, 61.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.7° N, 56.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Antigua Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524 [R. Baron-Szabo/R. Baron-Szabo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124537: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea crassolamellata
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
and subsp. nugenti
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora saludensis, Acropora panamensis
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora ponderosa
Stylophora ponderosa Vaughan 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
"Cyathomorpha hilli" = Agathiphyllia hilli, "Cyathomorpha belli n. sp." = Agathiphyllia hilli, "Cyathomorpha splendens n. sp." = Agathiphyllia splendens, "Cyathomorpha antiguensis" = Agathiphyllia antiguensis
"Cyathomorpha hilli" = Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Cyathomorpha belli n. sp." = Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Cyathomorpha splendens n. sp." = Agathiphyllia splendens Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Cyathomorpha antiguensis" = Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Pironastrea antiguensis n. sp.
Pironastrea antiguensis n. sp. Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis alabamensis
Actinacis alabamensis Vaughan 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Goniopora portoricensis" = Porites portoricensis, "Goniopora cascadensis" = Porites portoricensis, "Goniopora clevei" = Porites portoricensis
"Goniopora portoricensis" = Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Goniopora cascadensis" = Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
"Goniopora clevei" = Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral