Hillsboro, Acropora cervicornis facies: Holocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae
Hippopodina feegeensis (Busk 1884)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
Escharina pesansens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Escharoides costifer
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria albirostris
Celleporaria magnifica
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Tremogasterina sp.
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Exechonellidae
Exechonella antillea
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Parellisina latirostris
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Smittipora levinseni
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippoporidridae
? Hippoporidra sp. Canu and Bassler 1927
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Arthropoma cecilii
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Reptadeonella violacea
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae
Cigclisula protecta
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Crepidacanthidae
Crepidacantha poissoni
Crepidacantha sp.
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Hippoporina sp. Neviani 1895
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Parasmittina spathulata
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Colatooeciidae
"Trematooecia" turrita
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Rhynchozoon sp. Hincks 1895
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sayi
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium atratum (Born 1778)
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny 1845)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea frons (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Dendostrea frons
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis adamsi (Dall 1886)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia candida (Helbling 1779)
Arca imbricata Bruguière 1789
recombined as Lamarcka imbricata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele sp. Schumacher 1817
Semele cf. bellastriata (Conrad 1837)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
Millepora complanata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata (Lamarck 1816)
Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia nobilis
Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus 1758)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria clivosa (Ellis and Solander 1786)
recombined as Pseudodiploria clivosa
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Broward
Coordinates: 26.3° North, 80.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.2° North, 80.1° West
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:9440 ± 85 to 7145 ± 80 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: broken A. cervicornis branches and heavily encrusted, extensively bored and abraded A. palmata rubble; back reef
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: shelf-edge reef is at least 95 km long and has a low (10 m relief) ridge
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:97607
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-08-12 06:51:53 Last modified:2011-07-27 17:08:06
Access level:the public Released:2010-08-12 06:51:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33311. R. G. Lighty. 1977. Relict shelf-edge Holocene coral reef: southeast coast of Florida. Proceedings of the 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium 2:215-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

33312 R. G. Lighty, I. G. Macintyre, and R. Stuckenrath. 1978. Submerged Early Holocene barrier reef south-east Florida shelf. Nature 276:59-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]