Great Inagua Island, Devil's Point, C (Pleistocene of Bahamas)

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

• facies 2: well preserved patch reef

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

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"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