Where: Mayotte (12.9° S, 45.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: core
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209866: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Bivalvia | |
Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Veneracea indet." = Veneroidea
"Veneracea indet." = Veneroidea Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Solecurtidae indet. d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium nesioticum cerith snail
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
"Finella pupoides" = Finella (Finella) pupoides, Scaliola sp.
"Finella pupoides" = Finella (Finella) pupoides Adams 1860 snail
Scaliola sp. Adams 1860 snail | |
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail | |
Cephalaspidea indet. Fischer 1883 snail | |
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856 snail | |
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail |