Anegada, reef-front (Acropora cervicornis zone) (Pleistocene of Virgin Islands, British)
Where: Virgin Islands, British (18.7° N, 64.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.7° N, 64.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified rudstone
• A coarse biocalcirudite, which occurs most commonly around the base and flanks of the ridge and its projections, to a massive, highly recrystallized, poorly fossiliferous calcisiltite and calcarenite at the crest of the ridge.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Howard. 1970. Reconnaissance geology of Anegada Island. Caribbean Research Institute, Special Geological Publication 1:1-18 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 209870: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |