Anegada, reef-front (Acropora palmata zone): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virgin Islands, British
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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Geography
| Country: | Virgin Islands, British |
| Coordinates: | 18.7° North, 64.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.7° North, 64.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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 |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified rudstone |
| Lithology description: A coarse biocalcirudite, which occurs most commonly around the base and flanks of the ridge and its projections, to a massive, highly recrystallized, poorly fossiliferous calcisiltite and calcarenite at the crest of the ridge. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 209869 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-05-16 23:35:53 | Last modified: | 2020-05-16 23:35:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-05-16 23:35:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72402. | J. Howard. 1970. Reconnaissance geology of Anegada Island. Caribbean Research Institute, Special Geological Publication 1:1-18 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |