Geographic and stratigraphic distributions of the Caribbean species of Cladocora (Scleractinia, Faviidae) |
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Authors: | Rosemarie C Baron-Szabo |
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Institution: | (1) Smithsonian Institution, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, W-329, MRC 163 Washington, DC 20013, P.O. Box 37012, USA |
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Abstract: | A complete account of the faviid genus Cladocora within the Caribbean is presented. In the Caribbean this genus represents an extant group that had its earliest occurrence during the Campanian-Maastrichtian of Jamaica. Recent forms have been reported throughout the Caribbean. The following forms were found (with stratigraphic ranges in the Caribbean): C. arbuscula (Pliocene-Recent), C. debilis (Pleistocene-Recent), C. gracilis (Middle-Upper Maastrichtian), C. jamaicaensis (Campanian-Maastrichtian and Eocene), C. johnsoni (Pliocene), and C. recrescens (Middle-Upper Oligocene). The occurrence of the genus Cladocora in the Caribbean is largely continuous from the Campanian to Recent, during the majority of the Caribbean species show affinities to European assemblages. For the time intervals Paleocene, Lower Oligocene, and Miocene the taxon has not been reported from the Caribbean. |
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Keywords: | Scleractinia Cladocora Cretaceous Cenozoic Caribbean Paleobiogeography |
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