Hillsboro, fore-reef rubble 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
• gravel-sized reef detritus with few coral heads in growth position
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 97610: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle | |
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
Arca zebra, "Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis
Arca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
"Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark | |
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
Ostrea equestris Say 1834 oyster | |
Spondylus ictericus scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
"Trivia quadripunctata" = Niveria quadripunctata
"Trivia quadripunctata" = Niveria quadripunctata Gray 1827 snail | |
"Cypraea spurca" = Erosaria spurca
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Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
Gymnolaemata | |
? Jullienula sp. Bassler 1953
Cribrilaria radiata Moll 1803 | |
Hippoporina sp. Neviani 1895 | |
Trypostega venusta Norman 1864 | |
Hippoporella gorgonensis Hastings 1930 | |
? Hippoporidra sp. Canu and Bassler 1927 | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora sp. fire coral | |
Anthozoa | |
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Agaricia nobilis stony coral
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Porites divaricata Lesueur 1820 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Mussa angulosa, Scolymia lacera, Manicina areolata, Colpophyllia amaranthus, Colpophyllia natans, Diploria sp., "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, "Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa
Mussa angulosa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Scolymia lacera Pallas 1766 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia amaranthus Müller 1775 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Solenastrea hyades Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Meandrina brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
Oculina diffusa Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Globothalamea | |