Also known as Reef 3238
Where: Dominican Republic (18.4° N, 69.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 69.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 125,000 years cited but not measured
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, peel or thin section,
• Abundance data refer to mean percentage occurrence overa all samples within facies. Measured by line transects but indicated as % area in lists
Primary reference: J. S. Klaus and A. F. Budd. 2003. Comparison of Caribbean coral reef communities before and after Plio-Pleistocene faunal turnover: Analyses of two Dominican Republic reef sequences. Palaios 18(1):3-21 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34520: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.09.2003, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa, Isophyllia sinuosa
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Isophyllia sinuosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Favia fragum Esper 1795 stony coral | |
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata, "Montastrea nancyi" = Orbicella nancyi, "Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral |