Isla Blanquilla, southern Carribean, Terrace 1 (Pleistocene of Venezuela)

Also known as Reef 3819

Where: Venezuela (11.9° N, 64.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 64.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Blanquilla Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• elevation above sea level 7-10 m, Sangamon

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• thickness 5-10 m

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Primary reference: C. Schubert. 1997. Pleistocene marine terraces of la Blanquilla island, Venezuela, and their diagenesis. Proceedings, Third International Coral Reef Symposium 2:149-154 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83665: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 26.08.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral