Where: Guam (13.2° N, 144.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 144.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Merizo Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• age after Kayanne 1993
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. G. Siegrist and R. H. Randall. 1985. Community structure and petrography of an emergent Holocene reef limestone on Guam. Proceedings of the 5th International Coral Reef Congress 6:563-568 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97444: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.07.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral | |
Platygyra pini, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Oulophyllia sp., Leptoria phrygia, Dipsastraea sp., "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Hydnophora microconos, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Dipsastraea sp. de Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Montipora sp., Montipora foveolata, Acropora sp., Acropora tenuis, Acropora monticulosa, "Acropora irregularis" = Acropora abrotanoides
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora foveolata Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora tenuis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora monticulosa Brüggemann 1879 stony coral
"Acropora irregularis" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Pocillopora setchelli stony coral
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834 fire coral |