Patch-Reef Communities and Succession in the Oligocene of Antigua, West Indies

Frost, S. H.; Weiss, Malcolm P.

doi:10.1130/gsab-p2-90-1094

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“…More importantly, the facies distributions of the coral species observed in Puerto Rico mostly match those observed by others in Puerto Rico (Coryell and Ohlsen, 1929;Frost et al, 1983) and elsewhere in the Caribbean (Vaughan, 1919;Weisbord, 1973;Frost and Langenheim, 1974;Frost and Weiss, 1979;Budd et al, 1989;Budd et al, in press). We believe that the ecological patterns of extinction and survival observed in Puerto Rico can be generalized to the Caribbean reef coral fauna as a whole with reasonable confidence.…”

Section: Survivorship Elsewhere In the Caribbeansupporting

confidence: 83%

“…of Antigua, BWI (Vaughan, 1919;Frost and Weiss, 1979). Of these, four are new genera, resulting from either origination or immigration: Agaricia, Meandrina (Placocyathus), Psammocora, and Solenastrea.…”

Section: Miocene Corals Puerto Ricomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…the Caribbean, being primarily a Mediterranean taxon during the Oligocene (Frost and Weiss, 1979;Budd et al, in press). Agaricia tolerates high sedimentation by growing in ver-tical plates (Cortes and Risk, 1985); fossil Agaricia often occur in bafflestones (pers.…”

Section: Miocene Coralsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There were large barrier reef complexes in the Mediterranean (Frost, 1981), Caribbean (Frost, 1977b, c;Frost and Weiss, 1979;Frost et al, 1983) and Southeast Asia (Frost, unpublished). There were large barrier reef complexes in the Mediterranean (Frost, 1981), Caribbean (Frost, 1977b, c;Frost and Weiss, 1979;Frost et al, 1983) and Southeast Asia (Frost, unpublished).…”

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Oligocene-Miocene Extinction and Geographic Restriction of Caribbean Corals: Roles of Turbidity, Temperature, and Nutrients

Edinger

Risk

1994

PALAIOS

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Section: Survivorship Elsewhere In the Caribbeansupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Miocene Corals Puerto Ricomentioning

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Section: Miocene Coralsmentioning

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Oligocene-Miocene Extinction and Geographic Restriction of Caribbean Corals: Roles of Turbidity, Temperature, and Nutrients

Edinger

Risk

1994

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“…1) occurs in Chiapas, Mexico (locality 7), and is moderately diverse (17 species, 14 genera). In contrast, high diversities comparable to the Eocene of Panama are reported in the well-developed fringing reef systems in the Upper Oligocene of Antigua (locality 10; 44 species, 30 genera : Vaughan 1919;Frost and Weiss 1979) and in the Upper Oligocene to lowermost Miocene of Puerto Rico (locality 13; 51 species, 34 genera; Frost et al 1983). In these two reef systems, Diploastrea, Antiguastrea, massive Porites, Goniopora, and Astreopora dominated reef crest and shallow forereef deposits; branching Stylophora, Acropora, and Porites dominated mid-forereef deposits; Leptoseris, platy Porites, and Hydnophora dominated deep forereef deposits; and Colpophyllia and Favites were more common in backreef deposits.…”

Section: Oligocene To Earliest Miocene (33±22 Ma)mentioning

confidence: 92%

Diversity and extinction in the Cenozoic history of Caribbean reefs

Budd¹

2000

Coral Reefs

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Occurrences of reef corals are examined at Caribbean fossil localities to determine how biodiversity has changed within the region over the past 50 million years. Analyses of 294 species (66 genera) at 58 fossil localities show that Caribbean generic diversity rose to 44 between 50±22 Ma, ranged from 32±39 between 22± 2 Ma, and dropped to 25 afterwards. Regional species diversity was high at 40±36 Ma, 28±22 Ma, and 5±2 Ma. Origination rates were elevated throughout each high diversity interval, but extinction was concentrated near the end of each interval. Regional highs of origination and extinction, therefore, di ered in timing and duration, causing the observed regional diversity increases during the three remarkably long intervals of turnover. Highs of generic origination decreased in magnitude as immigration from the Mediterranean ceased, but speciation highs increased in association with emergence of the Central American isthmus. Peaks of extinction coincided with regional changes in climate and oceanic circulation.Maximum species diversities within assemblages increased to 40±60 between 50±36 Ma, and have remained relatively constant ever since. Assemblage compositions di ered among localities having similar ages and environments, suggesting that the timing and pattern of turnover varied across the region. Stable diversities but variable compositions within assemblages suggest that dispersal and recruitment in¯uenced the pattern of faunal change during turnover.

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