PBDB Collection

Piggott's Hill (South), Antigua Fm (Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

Where: Antigua and Barbuda (17.1° N, 61.8° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 60.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Globigerina ciperoensis ciperoensis foram zone, Antigua Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

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

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203879: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae	Diploastrea "sp. T", Diploastrea magnifica, Diploastrea crassolamellata Diploastrea "sp. T" Matthai 1914 stony coral Diploastrea magnifica Duncan 1863 stony coral Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae	Agathiphyllia splendens, Agathiphyllia tenuis, Agathiphyllia hilli, Agathiphyllia antiguensis Agathiphyllia splendens Vaughan 1919 stony coral Agathiphyllia tenuis Duncan 1863 stony coral Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	"Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata "Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Astrocoenia guantanamensis Astrocoenia guantanamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora imperatoris Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Alveopora "sp. A", Alveopora tampae, Astreopora antiguensis, Acropora saludensis Alveopora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973 stony coral Astreopora antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	"Caulastraea portoricensis" = Caulastrea, Goniastrea canalis, Antiguastrea cellulosa, Hydnophora "sp. A", Favites polygonalis "Caulastraea portoricensis" = Caulastrea stony coral Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919 stony coral Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral Hydnophora "sp. A" Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral Favites polygonalis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Pironastrea antiguensis Pironastrea antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Leptoseris "sp. C" Leptoseris "sp. C" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites regularis, Porites microscopica, Porites portoricensis Porites regularis stony coral Porites microscopica stony coral Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral