Hillsboro, fore-reef rubble 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
• gravel-sized reef detritus with few coral heads in growth position
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 97610: 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 | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora sp. fire coral | |
Anthozoa | |
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites divaricata Lesueur 1820 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Agaricia nobilis stony coral
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral | |
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Manicina areolata, Colpophyllia natans, Colpophyllia amaranthus, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, "Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa, Diploria sp., Scolymia lacera, Mussa angulosa
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Colpophyllia amaranthus Müller 1775 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scolymia lacera Pallas 1766 stony coral
Mussa angulosa Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
Meandrina brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Solenastrea hyades Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Oculina diffusa Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Gymnolaemata | |
? Hippoporidra sp. Canu and Bassler 1927 | |
Cribrilaria radiata Moll 1803
? Jullienula sp. Bassler 1953 | |
Hippoporina sp. Neviani 1895 | |
Trypostega venusta Norman 1864 | |
Hippoporella gorgonensis Hastings 1930 | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea equestris Say 1834 oyster | |
Spondylus ictericus scallop | |
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
Arca zebra, "Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis
Arca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
"Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark | |
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle | |
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
"Cypraea spurca" = Erosaria spurca
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"Trivia quadripunctata" = Niveria quadripunctata
"Trivia quadripunctata" = Niveria quadripunctata Gray 1827 snail | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Globothalamea | |