Canada Honda Reef, mixed-coral subzone: Holocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Meandrinidae
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Dichocoenia stokesi
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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0.8 %-specimens | ||||||
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Eusmilia fastigiata
(Pallas 1766)
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8.4 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Montastrea faveolata
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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6 %-specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Orbicella faveolata | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Colpophyllia natans
(Houttuyn 1772)
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10.3 %-specimens | ||||||
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Manicina areolata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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0.3 %-specimens | ||||||
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Mussa angulosa
(Pallas 1766)
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0.1 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Oculina diffusa
Lamarck 1816
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0.3 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Stephanocoenia intersepta
(Esper 1795)
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0.1 %-specimens | ||||||
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Madracis sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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0.7 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea cavernosa
(Linne 1767)
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0.4 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Helioseris cucullata
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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0.1 %-specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Leptoseris cucullata | |||||||
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Agaricia lamarcki
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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3.9 %-specimens | ||||||
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Undaria agaricites
(Linnaeus 1758)
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8.5 %-specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Agaricia agaricites | |||||||
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Undaria tenuifolia
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1.2 %-specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Agaricia | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites porites
(Pallas 1766)
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8.2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Porites astreoides
Lamarck 1816
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0.3 %-specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea siderea
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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49.8 %-specimens | ||||||
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Siderastrea radians
(Pallas 1766)
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0.6 %-specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 18.5° North, 71.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.5° North, 71.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 9256 ± 137 to 6736.5 ± 94.5 YBP (14C (calibrated)) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: mixed-coral subzone of the Siderastrea siderea zone in the deeper parts of the reef | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: deeper coral assemblage, 24-15 m depth | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: environment of high sedimentation | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 97554 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-08-09 02:13:29 | Last modified: | 2010-08-09 05:13:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-08-09 02:13:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33286. | D. N. Cuevas, C. E. Sherman, W. Ramirez and D. K. Hubbard. 2009. Coral growth rates from the Holocene Canada Honda fossil reef, southwestern Dominican Republic: comparisons with modern counterparts in high sedimentation settings. Caribbean Journal of Science 45(1):94-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |