PBDB Collection

Pointe-aux-Sables, S1-S3, robust branching coral facies (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (20.2° S, 57.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 57.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Holocene sequence is max. 19.3 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• medium-energy, reef crest or upper fore reef, water depth 0-6 m

• robust branching coral facies

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: L. F. Montaggioni and G. Faure. 1997. Response of reef coral communities to sea-level rise: a Holocene model from Mauritius (western Indian Ocean). Sedimentology 44:1053-1070 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96889: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.07.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Camarodonta - Echinometridae	Heterocentrotus trigonarius Heterocentrotus trigonarius sea urchin
Gastropoda
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	"Turbo setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus "Turbo setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus Gmelin 1791 snail
Hydrozoa
Milleporina -	Millepora platyphylla Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834 fire coral
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora verrucosa Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora humilis, Acropora robusta, Acropora tenuis, "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora digitifera Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral Acropora robusta Dana 1846 stony coral Acropora tenuis Dana 1846 stony coral "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites cf. lutea Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea sp. Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Leptoria phrygia, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea pectinata, Echinopora gemmacea, Platygyra daedalea, Cyphastrea sp., Cyphastrea microphthalma Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral