Toliara, cores TUS1, TUS2 (Holocene of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (23.4° S, 43.7° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 43.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Holocene sequence is 13.4 and 12.9 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• upper fore-reef to reef flat
• in situ coralgal framework alternating locally with unconsolidated coral rubble and bioclastic sands

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: G. F. Camoin, L. F. Montaggioni, and C. J. R. Braithwaite. 2004. Late glacial to post glacial sea levels in the western Indian Ocean. Marine Geology 206:119-146 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96925: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea heliopora
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora cf. verrucosa
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Pocillopora cf. verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cf. humilis, Acropora ex gr. robusta
Acropora cf. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia cf. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
"Favia cf. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema sp.