Nonsuch Bay (Holocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

Where: Antigua and Barbuda (17.1° N, 61.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 61.7° 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; limestone

• The Holocene reef section is at least 17 m thick, is established on the high-relief erosional surface of Oligocene limestones, and contains 5 reef facies: fore-reef talus, fore-reef coral heads, A. palmata facies, back-reef rubble, back-reef sediments.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: I. G. Macintyre, H. G. Multer, H. L. Zankl, D. K. Hubbard, M. P. Weiss and R. Stuckenrath. 1985. Growth and depositional facies of a windward reef complex (Nonsuch Bay, Antigua). Proceedings of the 5th International Coral Reef Congress 6:605-610 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97611: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp.
Millepora sp. fire coral
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia natans, Diploria labyrinthiformis
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides, Porites porites
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites porites Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral