Hillsboro, Acropora cervicornis 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
• broken A. cervicornis branches and heavily encrusted, extensively bored and abraded A. palmata rubble; back reef

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 97607: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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