Windward back reef, South 3 (Pleistocene of Netherlands Antilles)

Also known as Reef 3751

Where: Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (12.2° N, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 68.9° 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 102692: 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 - Mussidae
Diploria labyrinthiformis
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis, "Montastrea nancyi" = Orbicella nancyi
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
"Montastrea nancyi" = Orbicella nancyi Pandolfi 2007 stony coral
organ-pipe Montastrea