Friar's Hill (Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

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

• 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 203919: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea "sp. T", Diploastrea crassolamellata, Diploastrea magnifica
Diploastrea "sp. T" Matthai 1914 stony coral
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Diploastrea magnifica Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia "sp. 3", Agathiphyllia tenuis, Agathiphyllia antiguensis
Agathiphyllia "sp. 3" Reuss 1864 stony coral
Agathiphyllia tenuis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea cellulosa, Favites polygonalis
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Favites polygonalis Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites microscopica, Porites regularis
Porites regularis stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris "sp. C"
Leptoseris "sp. C" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata
"Montastraea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora "sp. A", Acropora saludensis
Alveopora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia guantanamensis
Astrocoenia guantanamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora "sp. C"
Stylophora "sp. C" Schweigger 1819 stony coral