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1 Index A Acropora, 148, 194, Agaricia, 150, 216, 219, 268 Agariciidae or agariciid, 6, 194 Age models, 29, 30, 257, 258, 260, 266, 268, 272, 273 Angostura Gorge, 32, 33 Antigua, 259 Antillia, 3, 201, 203, 211, 216, 227 Antillophyllia, 201, 211, 216, 227 Arroyo Bellaco, 32, 38, 89, 129, 130, , 163, 195, 197, , 219, 220, 264, 265, 276, 297 B Bahamas, 24, 37, 40, 41, 86, 148, 213, 215, 258, 259, 266, 273 platform, 40, 42 Baitoa Formation, 13, 28, 32, 88, 89, 130, 131, 139, 141, 152, 174, 179, 182, 183, 186, 188, 226 Biju-Duval, B., 5, 6, 28, 226 Biodiversity, 6, 7, 14, 253, 291, 292, 295, 297, 301, 302, 307, 308 Bivalve, 23, 48, 112, , , 248, 249, 302 Bocas del Toro Basin, 258 Brett, C.E., 11, 195, 199, 212, 225, 226, 238, 246, 249 Bryozoa, 108, 111, 112, 114, 126, 187, 202, 226, 246, 302 Bulla conglomerate, 26, 28, 34 Bulletins of American Paleontology, 28, 230 Cana Gorge, 32, 35, 91, 195, 197, 204, 207, Canonical discriminant analyses, 10, 94, 96, 97, 105, 110, 120, 133, 134, 141, 153, 154 Carbonates, 23, 25, 258 Carryover, 238, CAS. See Central American Seaway Caulastraea, 310 Cenozoic Coral Database (CCD), 14, 115, 302, 306, 307 Central American Seaway (CAS), 38, 40, 47, 48, 194, 212, 274 Cheetham, A. H., 11, 48, 63, 87, 94 96, 111, 112, 125, 126, 196, 202, 211, 225, 226, 246 Chicoreus, 36 Chipola Formation, 172, 174, 259 Cibao Basin, 23, 25, 26, 28 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38 42, 88, 113 Cladocora, 1 Clinothems, 33, 36, 37, 40 Colpophyllia, 310 Community stasis, 11, 212, 238 Conglomerate, 28, 32 34, 36, 130, 149, 150, 195, 196 Coordinated stasis, 11 Cordillera Central, 2, 4, 23 26, 33, 38, 40, 88, 149, 195, 226 Cordillera Septentrional, 2, 4, 24, 25, 33, 226 Cross-beds, cross-bedding, 33, 36, 37, 130 Curacao, 111, 215, 227, 258, 259, 273, 274 C Cañada de Zamba, 91, 129, 195, 197, 204, , 219, 220 D Deep Sea Drilling Project, 4 Deposition, 30, 34,

2 312 Index Dichocoenia, 3, 150, 268 Diploria, 57, 150, 194, 208, 270 Diversity, 9, 12, 41, 42, 79, 82, 86, 89, 95, 105, 111, 114, 149, 163, 193, 199, 202, 211, 230, 241, 247, 257, , 267, 268, , 281, 291, 292 Dominican Americans, , 294, 297 Dominican Republic Project (DR project), 4, 12, 14, 67, 226, 247, 281, 284, 295, 297, 301 Downslope transport, 37 E Earthquakes, 24, 37, 285, 291 Eastern Pacific, 68, 128, 270, 274 Ecophenotypic, 68, 78, 110, 113, 182, 188 Eldredge, N., 113, 125, 171, 172, 185, 187 Eusmilia, 216 F Faunules, 259, 260, , 273, 274, 305, 307 Favia, 150, 216, 219, 268 Faviidae or faviid, 6 Florida, 48, 68, 128, 136, 152, Foraminifera, 4, 22, 26, 30, 32, 33, 36, 48, 67, 129, 149, 150, 174, 186, 202, 209, 213, 215, 257, 302 Free-living, 194, , 211, 213, 215, 216, 227, 249 G Galaxea, 216 Gardineroseris, 11, 150, 210, 216, 219 Geometric morphometrics, 10, 87, 110, 113, 126, 132, 133, 135, 138, 149, 153, 160, 161, 163, 176, 182 Goniopora, 11, 56, 57, 59, 150, 194, 202, 203, 208, 211, 213, 216 Gould, S.J., 125, 171, 183, 185, 186, 225 Graben, 48, 226 Gradualism, 112, 125, 126, 246 Guayubin, 33 Gurabo-Mao contact, 31, 32 H Hadrophyllia, 150, 216, 219 Haiti, 56, 58, 129, 149 Hybridization, 86, 112, 147, 148 I Isophyllia, 150, 216, 219 Isotope, 9, 30 32, 48, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 129, , 197, 259, 308 Isthmus, Central American, 9, 12, 86, 112, 126, 140, 296 Iterative canonical discriminant analyses, 94, 133, 141 J Jamaica, 133, 140, 152, 258, 259, 273, 274 Jung, P., 6, 14, 26, 28, 89, 91, 217, 226, 257 K Krithe, 67, 174 L Larkinia-Mytilus-Melongena assemblage, 67, 226 Leptoseris, 154, 217, 219, 268 Life habit distributions, Lignite, 28, 34, 195 Limon Basin, 12, 37, 258, Limon Group, 260 Lomas del Mar formation, 213 M Macroevolution, 15, 82, 172, 186, 246 Madracis, 150, 201, 217, 219 Mahalanobis distance, 94 97, 101, , 133, 154, 156 Manicina, 3, 150, 194, 201, 203, 211, 215, 217, 219, 227 Mao (town), 13, 296, 297 Mao Adentro Limestone, 28, 32, 36, 40, 41, 150, 208, 209, 211 Mao Clay, 28, 36 Mao Formation, 9, 10, 26, 28, 30 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 50, 88, 90, 91, 130, 134, 142, 143, , 154, 155, 159, 160, 163, 164, 166, 172, , 202, 208, , 226, 257 Marginellid, , 302 Marshall, C., 7 Maury, C.J., 3 5, 26, 28, 64, 65, 70, 71, 226, 230, 242 MDS ordination, Meandrina, 3, 150, 201, 211, 215, 217, 227 Metrarabdotos, 108, 111, 112, 202

3 Index 313 Microfauna, 150 Microstructure, 50, 113 Mid Pleistocene Revolution, 256 Miocene-Pliocene boundary, 30, 32, 38 Mixed-shape, 202, 204, 206, 211 Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, v Montastraea annularis, 10, 86 88, 91, 95, , 104, 105, , 148, 150, 151, 194, 214 Montastraea cavernosa, 10, 11, 113, 114, , , , 167, 209, 210, 213, 214, 217, 220 Morphologic characters, 108, 110, 114, 128, 302, 306 Morphotectonic zones, 25 Museum, natural history collections, 3, 5, 6, 13, 26, 82, 90, 95, 131, 151, 297 Mussa, 217, 220 Mussismilia, 150, 199, 217, 220, 268 Mycetophyllia, 217, 270 N Nannofossils, 26, 29, 150, 257 National Science Foundation, 1, 41, 163, 188, 215, 274, 281, 282, 291 Natural History Museum, Basel or Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), 3, 5, 6, 13, 26, 82, 90, 95, , 131, 142, 151, 152, 163, 166, 173, 174, 180, 203, 228, 238 Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America (NMITA), 14, 42, 87, 129, 150, 151, 226, 292, 293, Northern Hemisphere glaciation, 9, 37, 39, 40, 112, 194, 256, 296 Nutrients, 38, 194, 212 O Ontogeny, 66, 174, 175 Origination, 12, 41, 42, 88, , , , 259, , Oscillatory stasis, 112, 246 Ostracodes, 37, 213 P Pacific, 24, 47, 48, , 194 Paleobiology Database, 305, 308 Paleomagnetic, 30, 31, 88, 129, 149, 150, 197, 308 Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), 14 PaleoPortal, 308 Panama Paleontology Project (PPP), 302 Pavona, 57, 150, 217, 218, 220, 268 Phyletic, 112, 125, 126 Phylogenetic, 85, 87, 88, 96, 111, 113, 114, 147, 163, 172, 186 Placocyathus, 3, 150, 194, 201, 203, 211, 218, 220, 227 Plio-Pleistocene extinction, 12, 194, 195, 211, 260, 267, 268, Pocillopora, 3, 11, 38, 57, 150, 194, 203, 205, 206, 208, 218, 220 Pocilloporidae or pocilloporid, 38 Porites, 11, 57, 150, 202, 207, 208, 211, 213, 270 Poritidae or poritid, 6, 194 PPP. See Panama Paleontology Project Preservation, 9, 13, 49 51, 64, 68, 70, 78 82, 198, 199, 215, 297 Principal components, 96, 177, 182 Proto-Caribbean Seaway, 24 Prunum, 6, 10, 67, 172, , 181, 182, 187, 188, 240, 243, 246 Psammocora, 218 Puerto Rico, 25, 259, 274, Punctuated equilibrium, 7, 10, 125, 126 R Ranges long, 261 midpoint, 261 short, 261 Richness, species, 9, 12, 64, 68, 70, 78, 81, 82, 195, 198, 199, 202, 226, , , 260, 262, 263, 267, 268, 270, 271 Río Amina, 25, 196, 197 Río Yaque del Norte, 2, 13, 25, 37, 70, 78, 89, 129, 152, 174, 196, 197, 226, 258 S Santiago (city), 13, 131, 139, 291 Santo Domingo (city), 13, 296, 297 Science Education, 12, 13, 15, Scolymia, 199, 218 Sea level, 9, 29, 32, 37 42, 202, 209, 211, 212, 256 Seagrass, 68, 196, 202 Sea surface temperatures (SST), 9, 56 Siderastrea, 3, 10, Siderastreidae or siderastreid, 126, 127 Siliciclastics, 23, 25, 30 33, 38, 41, 49, 88, 129, 196, 205, 226

4 314 Index Siltstone, 28, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 195, 196, 202, 209, 212 Slump (slumping, slumps), 34, 36, 37, 41, 49 Smaragdia, 68, 202 Solenastrea, 3, 150, 218, 220 Species complex, 10, 85 87, 110, 111, , , 156, 163, 194 delineation, 148, 172, 182, 186 definition, 5, 99 diagnosis, 10 Sr/Ca Ratios, Stable isotopes, 9, 48, 52, 55, 148 Stasis (species-level), 11, 225, 226 STATPOD, 14 Stephanocoenia, 6, 150, 202, 208, 211, 220, 310 Stratigraphic range, 9, 10, 68, 69, 71 74, 79, 95, 136, 156, 183, 187, 204, 254, 256, 257, , , 272, 273, 307 Strontium isotopes, 30 32, 88, 129, 149, 150, 197, 259, 308 Stylophora, 3, 38, 41 Subaerial exposure, 37, 41 Trinidad, 111, 257, 259, 274 Trophic modes, 230, 240, 241 Turbinidae, 64, 67, 68 Turnover, 11, 22, 42, 48, 64, 126, 140, 194, 215, 238, 260, , 267, 269, 271, 273, 296 U Undaria, 150, 202, 208, 211, 219, 220, 268 Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), 296, 297 University of Iowa Paleontology Repository (SUI), 115, 131, 142, 308 Uplift, 22, 36 41, 212 Upwelling, 37 40, 56, 58, 194, 211 V Vaughan, T.W., 3, 4, 26, 87, 111, 126, 129, 148, , 211, 213, 214 Vokes, E., 3, 4, 6, 14, 226 Vokes, H., 3, 6, 14, 226 T Taphonomy, 7, 64 Taxonomy (taxonomic), 10, 14, 126, 304 Thysanus, 201, 211, 219, 227, 290 Trachyphyllia, 3, 150, 194, 201, 203, 211, 227 Traditional morphometrics, 126, 133 Y Yaque group, 10, 26, 28, 36, 88, 149 Z Zamba Hill, 33, 208, 209

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