Where: Monroe County, Florida (25.2° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 25.2° N, 80.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Key Largo Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. R. Muhs, K. R. Simmons, R. R. Schumann and R. B. Halley. 2011. Sea-level history of the past two interglacial periods: new evidence from U-series dating of reef corals from south Florida. Quaternary Science Reviews 30:570-590 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127145: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.04.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral |