Anegada, reef platform facies: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virgin Islands, British

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
Millepora sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cf. cervicornis (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea sp. (Blainville 1830)
original and current combination Montastraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
see common names

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 floatstone
Lithology description: Rudaceous biomicrite with abundant lenses of biocalcarenite. The corals do not occur randomly but are normally concentrated in relatively small areas which may or may not have a relative relief up to 3 feet with surrounding exposures. These concentrations are interpreted as representing small patch reefs developed locally on the platform.
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:209871
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-05-16 23:42:21 Last modified:2020-05-16 23:42:21
Access level:the public Released:2020-05-16 23:42:21
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]