Where: Mayotte (12.9° S, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° S, 45.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: core
Primary reference: J. Zinke, J. J. G. Reijmer, M. Taviani, W. C. Dullo, and B. Thomassin. 2005. Facies and faunal assemblage changes in response to the Holocene transgression in the Lagoon of Mayotte (Comoro Archipelago, SW Indian Ocean). Facies 50:391-408 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209862: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccostrea sp. Dolfuss and Dautzenberg 1920 oyster | |
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark | |
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle |