Hillsboro, fore-reef coral head facies (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Broward County, Florida (26.3° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• shelf-edge reef is at least 95 km long and has a low (10 m relief) ridge
• coral heads, highly bored and encrusted, in growth position and buried in a matrix of reef-framework coral rubble and unlithified sediment

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. G. Lighty. 1977. Relict shelf-edge Holocene coral reef: southeast coast of Florida. Proceedings of the 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium 2:215-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97609: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Drepanophora tuberculatum
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sp., Diploria labyrinthiformis, "Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Colpophyllia natans
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 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 annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata -
Cleidochasma porcellanum
 Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Smittipora levinseni
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Cribrilaria radiata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria magnifica
 Cheilostomata - Exechonellidae
Exechonella antillea
 Cheilostomata - Crepidacanthidae
Crepidacantha sp.
 Cheilostomata - Petraliidae
"Coleopora" tubulosa
 Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae
cf. Cigclisula protecta
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga aristata, Botula fusca
Lithophaga nigra d'Orbigny 1845 mussel
Lithophaga antillarum d'Orbigny 1853 mussel
Lithophaga bisulcata d'Orbigny 1853 mussel
Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817 mussel
Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea frons" = Dendostrea frons
"Ostrea frons" = Dendostrea frons Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Petricola lapicida
Petricola lapicida Gmelin 1792 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium atratum
Cerithium atratum Born 1778 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus erectus