Rocas Atoll (Holocene of Brazil)

Where: Rio Grande de Norte, Brazil (3.9° S, 33.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

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

• Unconsolidated carbonate sediment

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Soares

• Repository: Instituto de Ciências do Mar and the Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos

Primary reference: M.O. Soares, C.A.O. Meirelles, and V.B. Lemos. 2011. Reef bioconstructors of the Rocas Atoll, Equitorial South Atlantic. Biotemas 24(2):37-46 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222394: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 24.09.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Porolithon pachydermum, Lithophyllum sp., Lithoporella sp., Sporolithon sp.
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema rubrum
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Dendropoma irregulare
Dendropoma irregulare d'Orbigny 1841 worm shell
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea stellata
Siderastrea stellata Verrill 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia gravida
Favia gravida Verrill 1868 stony coral