Also known as Reef 3943
Where: Belize (18.1° N, 87.8° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 87.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ambergris Cay Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• OIS 5e, Sangamon
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; packstone and grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. J. Mazzullo. 2006. Late Pliocene to Holocene platform evolution in northern Belize, and comparison with coeval deposits in southern Belize and the Bahamas. Sedimentology 53:1015-1047 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 88824: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram | |
Anthozoa | |
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Apolymetis sp. Salisbury 1929 tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam |