Where: Dominican Republic (18.5° N, 71.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 71.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• massive coral subzone of the Siderastrea siderea zone in the deeper parts of the reef
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. N. Cuevas, C. E. Sherman, W. Ramirez and D. K. Hubbard. 2009. Coral growth rates from the Holocene Canada Honda fossil reef, southwestern Dominican Republic: comparisons with modern counterparts in high sedimentation settings. Caribbean Journal of Science 45(1):94-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97553: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral | |
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Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
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Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Siderastrea radians Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
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Porites porites Pallas 1766 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
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Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
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Oculina diffusa Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
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Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Scolymia sp. Haime 1852 stony coral | |