Lower Terrace, Hato Unit , NE Curacao, windward back reef (Pleistocene of Netherlands Antilles)

Also known as Reef 3751

Where: Netherlands Antilles (12.3° N, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 69.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• 122 ka (Schellmann et al. 2004)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• windward reef crest, high energy, oriented perpendicular to modern circulation and trade wind patterns
• Domestone and pillarstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Pandolfi, G. Llewellyn, and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Pleistocene reef environments, constituent grains, and coral community structure: Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Coral Reefs 18:107-122 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80903: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 20.05.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria labyrinthiformis, "Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae