Hillsboro, Acropora palmata 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
• major structural unit forming the rigid framework of the 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 97608: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp.
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae
Hippopodina feegeensis
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Rhynchozoon sp.
Rhynchozoon sp. Hincks 1895
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Reptadeonella violacea
 Cheilostomata - Crepidacanthidae
Crepidacantha poissoni, Crepidacantha sp.
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Parasmittina spathulata
 Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Arthropoma cecilii
 Cheilostomata - Epistomiidae
Synnotum aegyptiacum
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Parellisina latirostris
 Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Tremogasterina sp.
 Cheilostomata - Exechonellidae
Exechonella antillea
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria magnifica
 Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Smittipora levinseni
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Cribrilaria radiata
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella sp.
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis sp.
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga nigra, Botula fusca
Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817 mussel
Lithophaga nigra d'Orbigny 1845 mussel
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia sp.
Astrangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral