Turneffe Islands (Holocene of Belize)

Where: Belize (17.3° N, 87.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 87.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 3.1-3.8 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and grainstone

• coral boundstone, grain/rudstone, unconsolidated reef sand and rubble

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: E. Gischler and J. H. Hudson. 1998. Holocene development of three isolated carbonate platforms, Belize, central America. Marine Geology 144:333-347 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97709: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema rubrum