Windward back reef, North 1 (Pleistocene of Netherlands Antilles)

Also known as Reef 3751

Where: Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (12.4° N, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 69.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hato Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• top 2 m of the 6-m-thick Hato Unit of the Lower Terrace

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• windward back reef

Size class: macrofossils

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

Primary reference: J. M. Pandolfi. 2001. Community structure of Pleistocene coral reefs of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Ecological Monographs 71(1):49-67 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102666: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea "sp. 3"" = Montastraea
"Montastrea "sp. 3"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastrea annularis - ? species ID
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea nancyi" = Orbicella nancyi, "Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata
"Montastrea nancyi" = Orbicella nancyi Pandolfi 2007 stony coral
organ-pipe Montastrea
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, "Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral