Hillsboro, back-reef coral head facies (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Broward County, Florida (26.3° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• shelf-edge reef is at least 95 km long and has a low (10 m relief) ridge
• massive corals surrounded by unlithified matrix of sand- to gravel-sized carbonate sediment and reef rubble

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97606: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Drepanophora tuberculatum
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Petricola lapicida
Petricola lapicida Gmelin 1792 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama macerophylla
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga aristata, Botula fusca
Lithophaga nigra d'Orbigny 1845 mussel
Lithophaga antillarum d'Orbigny 1853 mussel
Lithophaga bisulcata d'Orbigny 1853 mussel
Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817 mussel
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea equestris
Ostrea equestris Say 1834 oyster
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Serpulorbis decussata" = Serpulorbis decussatus
"Serpulorbis decussata" = Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria albirostris, Celleporaria magnifica
 Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Smittipora levinseni
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Stylopoma spongites
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
? Parasmittina sp., Smittina smittiella
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Rhynchozoon sp.
Rhynchozoon sp. Hincks 1895
 Cheilostomata - Colatooeciidae
"Trematooecia" turrita
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia nobilis, Agaricia agaricites
Agaricia nobilis stony coral
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria labyrinthiformis, "Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral