Galeta Point, Reef-flat rubble facies: Holocene, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus 1758)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
Millepora complanata
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.4° North, 79.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.4° North, 79.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:5000 to 2000 YBP (unknown)
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: rudstone
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: Most of this skeletal debris is water-worn, extensively bored, and encrusted.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:165795
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-01-29 07:07:03 Last modified:2015-01-29 07:37:59
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-04-29 07:07:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
54203. I. G. Macintyre and R. B. Aronson. 2013. Diving into the Past: Scuba and the Temporal Dimension of Coral Reefs. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences (39) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]