Barrbuda rhodolith facies, Lesser Antilles (Pliocene of Antigua and Barbuda)

Also known as Reef 896

Where: Antigua and Barbuda (17.7° N, 61.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.6° N, 61.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Highlands Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified bindstone and lithified limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. Brasier and J. Donahue. 1985. Barbuda - an emerging reef and lagoon complex on the edge of the Lesser Antilles island arc. Journal of the Geological Society of London 142:1101-1117 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 198642: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
 Loftusiida - Textulariellidae
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae