Core MAY.KL 89028, Boueni bay (2-2.7 m): Holocene, Mayotte

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nummulitidae
Nummulites cumingii
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Sheldonella lateralis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtidae indet. d'Orbigny 1846
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Veneracea indet. Rafinesque 1815
corrected as Veneroidea
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Cephalaspidea indet. Fischer 1883
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium nesioticum
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae
Scaliola sp. Adams 1860
Finella pupoides Adams 1860
recombined as Finella (Finella) pupoides
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856
see common names

Geography
Country:Mayotte
Coordinates: 12.9° South, 45.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.9° South, 45.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:9150 ± 95 to 8750 ± 70 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:209866
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2020-05-16 23:12:03 Last modified:2020-05-16 23:12:03
Access level:the public Released:2020-05-16 23:12:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
72401. 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]