PBDB Collection

Pig Point (Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

Where: Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda (17.1° N, 61.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.6° N, 56.3° 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: K. G. Johnson. 2003. Reef-coral diversity in the Late Oligocene Antigua Formation and temporal variation of local diversity on Caribbean Cenozoic Reefs. Fossil Corals and Sponges Proceedings of the 9th Internatinal Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera. Vienna : Austian Academny of Sciences Press 471-492 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203920: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Helioporacea -	Heliopora "sp. A" Heliopora "sp. A"
Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae	Diploastrea crassolamellata Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Astrocoenia guantanamensis, Stephanocoenia duncani Astrocoenia guantanamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Stephanocoenia duncani Foster 1987 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Astreopora antiguensis, Acropora saludensis, Alveopora "sp. A", Alveopora tampae Astreopora antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Alveopora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora minor, Stylophora imperatoris Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Antiguastrea cellulosa, Goniastrea canalis, "Caulastraea portoricensis" = Caulastrea Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919 stony coral "Caulastraea portoricensis" = Caulastrea stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	Montastraea cavernosa, Montastraea endothecata Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767 stony coral Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae	Agathiphyllia "sp. 3", Agathiphyllia hilli, Agathiphyllia browni, Agathiphyllia tenuis Agathiphyllia "sp. 3" Reuss 1864 stony coral Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral Agathiphyllia browni Vaughan 1919 stony coral Agathiphyllia tenuis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Siderastrea conferta Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora imperatoris, Porites microscopica, Porites regularis, Porites baracoaensis, Porites portoricensis Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral Porites microscopica stony coral Porites regularis stony coral Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral