Anegada, reef platform facies (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 floatstone
• Rudaceous biomicrite with abundant lenses of biocalcarenite. The corals do not occur randomly but are normally concentrated in relatively small areas which may or may not have a relative relief up to 3 feet with surrounding exposures. These concentrations are interpreted as representing small patch reefs developed locally on the platform.
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 209871: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Hydrozoa | |
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Millepora sp. fire coral | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Acropora cf. cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
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Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |