Hillsboro, Acropora palmata facies: Holocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck 1816)
Acropora palmata (Lamarck 1816)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Exechonellidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Crepidacanthidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Rhynchozoon sp. Hincks 1895
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Epistomiidae
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula fusca (Gmelin 1791)
Lithophaga aristata (Dillwyn 1817)
Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny 1845)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Broward
Coordinates: 26.3° North, 80.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 9440 ± 85 to 7145 ± 80 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: major structural unit forming the rigid framework of the reef
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: shelf-edge reef is at least 95 km long and has a low (10 m relief) ridge
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:97608
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-08-13 00:52:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-08-13 00:52:05
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
33311. R. G. Lighty. 1977. Relict shelf-edge Holocene coral reef: southeast coast of Florida. Proceedings of the 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium 2:215-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

33312 R. G. Lighty, I. G. Macintyre, and R. Stuckenrath. 1978. Submerged Early Holocene barrier reef south-east Florida shelf. Nature 276:59-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]