Grape Bay, patch reefs: Late Pleistocene, Bermuda

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa (Linne 1767)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina sp. Gray 1847
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander 1786)
see common names

Geography
Country:Bermuda
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 64.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 125 to 113 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rocky Bay Member:Devonshire
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 125-113 ka, Last Interglacial
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: patch reefs
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Glacial or sequence phase:interglacial
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
Also known as:Reef 3952
Database number:89150
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-05-07 06:45:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-05-07 06:45:01
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
29907. D. R. Muhs, K. R. Simmons, and B. Steinke. 2002. Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America. Quaternary Science Reviews 21:1355-1383 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]