Anse aux Pins, AP1-AP8, Mahé (Holocene of Seychelles)

Where: Seychelles (4.7° S, 55.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 55.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and sandstone

• unit 2: lower fore-reef slope, unit 3: upper fore-reef slope to reef flat
• unit 1 (23.5-20 m b.r.s.): medium-grained bioclastic sands; unit 2 (20-7m b.r.s.): fine-grained skeletal sands including in-situ coral colonies; unit 3 (7-0 m b.r.s.): in-situ coral colonies, coarse coral debris and molluscs

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: C. J. R. Braithwaite, L. F. Montaggioni, G. F. Camoin, H. Dalmasso, W. C. Dullo and A. Mangini. 2000. Origins and development of Holocene coral reefs: a revisited model based on reef boreholes in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. International Journal of Earth Sciences 89:431-445 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96926: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae
"Erato sulcifera" = Lachryma sulcifera
"Erato sulcifera" = Lachryma sulcifera Sowerby 1832 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Pyrene varians
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoina sp.
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo cf. chrysostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus
"Turbo cf. chrysostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Stomatella sp.
Stomatella sp. Lamarck 1816 top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Scutus unguis
Scutus unguis Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Scissurella sp.
Scissurella sp. d'Orbigny 1824 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis radula
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora sp., Acropora sp., Acropora humilis, Acropora ex gr. robusta, Montipora sp.
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp., Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora verrucosa, Stylophora pistillata
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria phrygia, Platygyra daedalea, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea retiformis, Echinopora sp.
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp.
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp.
Millepora sp. fire coral
Foraminifera
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Spirillina sp.
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Rosalinidae
Tretomphalus sp.
Tretomphalus sp. Mobius 1880
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis sp., Eponides sp.
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp.
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida -
Miliolina sp.
Miliolina sp. Delage and Hérouard 1896
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Sorites sp., Marginopora sp.
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Vertebralina rostrata
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo dentata
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
Calcarina calcar
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Operculina sp., Heterostegina depressa, Nummulites sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria sp., Homotrema sp.
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp.
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina lessoni
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp., Cribroelphidium sp.
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Cribroelphidium sp. Cushman and Bronnimann 1948
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp., Lithophyllum kaiseri, Titanoderma sp., Jania sp., Amphiroa sp., Lithoporella sp., Hydrolithon onkodes, Mesophyllum sp.
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
 Peyssonneliales - Rhodymeniophycidae
Peyssonnelia sp.
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841
Truncatulina
  -
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata Brady 1884