Also known as Reef 3950
Where: Bahamas (21.0° N, 73.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.0° N, 73.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 123-122 ka (Th/U)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. H. Chen, H. A. Curren, B. White and G. J. Wasserburg. 1991. Precise chronology of the last interglacial period: 234U-230Th data from fossil coral reefs in the Bahamas. Geological Society America Bulletin 103:82-97 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89419: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral |