Also known as Reef 3752
Where: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (19.4° N, 81.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 81.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ironshore Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• dated at 121 +- 6 ka (Woodroffe et al. 1983)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; floatstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. G. Hunter and B. Jones. 1996. Coral associations of the Pleistocene Ironshore Formation, Grand Cayman. Coral Reefs 15(4):249-267 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 103525: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Favia fragum Esper 1795 stony coral | |
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Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
Scolymia cubensis, Mycetophyllia sp., "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Diploria labyrinthiformis, Colpophyllia natans, Manicina areolata
Scolymia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Mycetophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
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Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites porites Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
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Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
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Agaricia fragilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
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Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |