Pamandzi, PMI-7 (Holocene of Mayotte)

Where: Mayotte (12.8° S, 45.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° S, 45.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Holocene sequence is 21.5 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• upper fore-reef to reef flat

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

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 96924: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea retiformis
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora ex gr. robusta
"Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella sp.
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema sp.
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulina sp.