Tague Bay, St. Croix (Holocene of Virgin Islands, U.S.)

Where: Virgin Islands, U.S. (17.8° N, 64.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 64.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• no radiocarbon dates from the base of the Holocene reef

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• up to 10 m thick reef

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: I. G. Macintyre, M. A. Toscano, and J. Lundberg. 2008. Complex environmental patterns and Holocene sea-level changes controlling reef histories along northeastern St. Croix, USVI. Atoll Research Bulletin 556:1-25 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97623: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.08.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sp., "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea faveolata
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp.
Millepora sp. fire coral