Core MAY.KL 89022, southern Dapani lagoon (1.6-1.8 m) (Holocene of Mayotte)

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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, 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 209859: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
Gastropoda
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Creseis acicula Renz 1829 snail