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Early Miocene shallow-water corals from La Guajira, Colombia: Part II, Mussidae–Siderastreidae and Milleporidae

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Paola Flórez Open the ORCID record for Paola Flórez [Opens in a new window] ,
Paula Zapata-Ramírez  and
James S. Klaus
Paola Flórez
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Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva s/n 18002 Granada, Spain Corporación Geológica ARES, Calle 44A No. 53-96 Bogotá, Colombia
Paula Zapata-Ramírez
Affiliation:
Corporación Geológica ARES, Calle 44A No. 53-96 Bogotá, Colombia Escuela de Ingeniería, Grupo de Automática y Diseño A+D, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Circular 1 No. 70-01, Medellín, Colombia
James S. Klaus
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Geosciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida 33146, USA
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Abstract

In this contribution we describe and illustrate 14 coral morphospecies collected from the early Miocene Siamaná (Aquitanian–Burdigalian) and Jimol (late Burdigalian) formations of the Cocinetas Basin in La Guajira Peninsula, northern Colombia. Eleven were identified as already established species including seven genera belonging to the families Mussidae, Pocilloporidae, Poritidae, Siderastreidae, and Milleporidae; the other three remain in open nomenclature. Nine of the 11 species identified (81%) are extinct. The remaining two living species, Siderastrea siderea and Millepora alcicornis, are common on modern Caribbean reefs. Their presence in the Siamaná Formation extends their temporal range in the Caribbean region to the early Miocene. Most of the taxa described here were hermatypic and zooxanthellate corals of the order Scleractinia, with the exception of the fire coral Millepora alcicornis, of the order Anthothecata, family Milleporidae. The coral fauna recorded in the Siamaná and Jimol formations is typical of shallow and calm waters of the Oligocene–Miocene transition.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 93 , Issue 3 , May 2019 , pp. 416 - 436
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