Where: Mayotte (13.0° S, 45.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° S, 45.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: core
Primary reference: J. Zinke, J. J. G. Reijmer, M. Taviani, W. C. Dullo, and B. Thomassin. 2005. Facies and faunal assemblage changes in response to the Holocene transgression in the Lagoon of Mayotte (Comoro Archipelago, SW Indian Ocean). Facies 50:391-408 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209858: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Globothalamea | |
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 |