Windward back reef, North 4: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Netherlands Antilles
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora palmata
(Lamarck 1816)
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12.31 %-area | |||||||||
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Acropora cervicornis
(Lamarck 1816)
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0.46 %-area | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea siderea
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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2.73 %-area | |||||||||
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Siderastrea radians
(Pallas 1766)
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1.37 %-area | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites divaricata
Lesueur 1820
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0.18 %-area | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea informal cavernosa 1
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0.82 %-area | |||||||||
| original and current combination Montastraea | ||||||||||
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Montastrea informal cavernosa 3
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2.92 %-area | |||||||||
| original and current combination Montastraea | ||||||||||
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Montastrea informal sp. 3
(Blainville 1830)
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2.83 %-area | |||||||||
| original and current combination Montastraea | ||||||||||
| Montastrea annularis - ? species ID | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Montastrea informal sp. 2
(Blainville 1830)
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20.6 %-area | |||||||||
| organ-pipe Montastrea | ||||||||||
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= Montastrea nancyi
Pandolfi 2007
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Pandolfi 2007 | |||||||||
| recombined as Orbicella nancyi | ||||||||||
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Montastrea faveolata
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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15.22 %-area | |||||||||
| recombined as Orbicella faveolata | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Diploria labyrinthiformis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3.28 %-area | |||||||||
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Colpophyllia natans
(Houttuyn 1772)
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1.55 %-area | |||||||||
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Diploria strigosa
(Dana 1846)
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34.18 %-area | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudodiploria strigosa | ||||||||||
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Diploria clivosa
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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1.55 %-area | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudodiploria clivosa | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Netherlands Antilles | State/province: | Curacao |
| Coordinates: | 12.4° North, 69.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.4° North, 69.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 125 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hato | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: top 2 m of the 6-m-thick Hato Unit of the Lower Terrace | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: windward back reef | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: transects were 40 m long and separated from each other by 500-1000 m | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3751 | ||
| Database number: | 102669 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-01-18 20:59:31 | Last modified: | 2011-01-18 03:59:31 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-01-18 20:59:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34798. | J. M. Pandolfi. 2001. Community structure of Pleistocene coral reefs of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Ecological Monographs 71(1):49-67 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 29698 | J. M. Pandolfi. 2007. A new, extinct Pleistocene reef coral from the Montastraea "annularis" species complex. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):472-482 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |