WL-2 (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Miami-Dade County, Florida (25.4° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 25.4° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• section is 6 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and grainstone

• coral boundstone, packstone, grainstone/packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: C. D. Reich, T. D. Hickey, K. L. DeLong, R. Z. Poore, and J. C. Brock. 2009. Holocene core logs and site statistics for modern patch-reef cores: Biscayne National Park, Florida. USGS Open-File Report 1246:1-26 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97704: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sp.
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp.
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral