Where: Mauritius (20.2° S, 57.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 57.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Holocene sequence is max. 19.3 m thick
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: L. F. Montaggioni and G. Faure. 1997. Response of reef coral communities to sea-level rise: a Holocene model from Mauritius (western Indian Ocean). Sedimentology 44:1053-1070 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96889: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.07.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Platygyra daedalea, Echinopora gemmacea, Leptoria phrygia, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Cyphastrea sp., Cyphastrea microphthalma
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Acropora tenuis, Acropora robusta, "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora digitifera, Acropora humilis
Acropora tenuis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral | |
Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834 fire coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Heterocentrotus trigonarius sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turbo setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus
"Turbo setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus Gmelin 1791 snail |