NW Isle, 220 ka (Pleistocene of Barbados)

Also known as Reef 3820

Where: Barbados (13.2° N, 59.6° W: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 59.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• Acropora palmata zone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: transect 40 m long, transects were normally separated from each other by 500-1000 m

Primary reference: J. M. Pandolfi and J. B. C. Jackson. 2006. Ecological persistence interrupted in Caribbean coral reefs. Ecology Letters 9:818-826 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102458: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral