Canada Honda Reef, mixed-coral subzone (Holocene of Dominican Republic)

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)

• mixed-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

• environment of high sedimentation
• deeper coral assemblage, 24-15 m depth

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 97554: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis sp., Stephanocoenia intersepta
Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata, Agaricia lamarcki, "Undaria tenuifolia" = Agaricia, "Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites
"Helioseris cucullata" = Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Agaricia lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
"Undaria tenuifolia" = Agaricia stony coral
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites porites, Porites astreoides
Porites porites Pallas 1766 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea radians, Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea radians Pallas 1766 stony coral
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussa angulosa, Manicina areolata, Colpophyllia natans
Mussa angulosa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina diffusa
Oculina diffusa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi, Eusmilia fastigiata
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral