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

unclassified
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Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp. fire coral
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta
"Stephanocoenia michelinii" = Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia nobilis stony coral
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites divaricata Lesueur 1820 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussa angulosa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Scolymia lacera Pallas 1766 stony coral
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Diploria clivosa" = Pseudodiploria clivosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Colpophyllia amaranthus Müller 1775 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina diffusa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Meandrina brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea hyades Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
 Cheilostomata - Hincksinidae
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporidridae
? Hippoporidra sp. Canu and Bassler 1927
 Cheilostomata -
 Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
 Cheilostomata - Exechonellidae
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
 Cheilostomata - Colatooeciidae
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
 Cheilostomata - Cheiloporinidae
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Hippoporina sp. Neviani 1895
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
 Cheilostomata - Crepidacanthidae
 Cheilostomata - Petraliidae
 Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae
 Cheilostomata - Trypostegidae
Trypostega venusta Norman 1864
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis, Arca zebra
"Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
Arca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea equestris Say 1834 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Trivia quadripunctata" = Niveria quadripunctata
"Trivia quadripunctata" = Niveria quadripunctata Gray 1827 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea spurca" = Erosaria spurca
"Cypraea spurca" = Erosaria spurca Linnaeus 1758 cowry
subsp. acicularis
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812