East End Reef (Holocene of Cayman Islands)

Where: Cayman Islands (19.3° N, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 81.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; rudstone and framestone

• A. palmata rudstone facies (dated 8.9-8.1 ka, coral-cobble rudstone set in a matrix of cemented skeletal grainstone, juxtaposition of photophilic and cryptic communities on clasts indicates rapid burial during a hurricane); mixed-framestone facies covers the A. palmata rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: P. Blanchon, B. Jones, and D. C. Ford. 2002. Discovery of a submerged relic reef and shoreline off Grand Cayman: further support for an Early Holocene jump in sea level. Sedimentary Geology 147:253-270 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97605: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp.
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet.
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp.
Millepora sp. fire coral
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites porites
Porites porites Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp.
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Isophyllastrea rigida" = Isophyllia rigida, Diploria labyrinthiformis, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
"Isophyllastrea rigida" = Isophyllia rigida Dana 1848 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Astroscleridae
Ceratoporella nicholsoni
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia sp.
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838 demosponge
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema rubrum, Carpenteria utricularis
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp., Porolithon sp.
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
 Ichnofossils -
Gastrochaenolites sp., Trypanites sp.
Gastrochaenolites sp. Leymerie 1842
Trypanites sp. Mägdefrau 1932