PBDB Collection

Pointe-aux-Sables, S1-S3, robust branching coral facies (Holocene of Mauritius)

Where: Mauritius (20.2° S, 57.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 57.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Holocene sequence is max. 19.3 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• medium-energy, reef crest or upper fore reef, water depth 0-6 m

• robust branching coral facies

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: L. F. Montaggioni and G. Faure. 1997. Response of reef coral communities to sea-level rise: a Holocene model from Mauritius (western Indian Ocean). Sedimentology 44:1053-1070 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96889: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.07.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Camarodonta - Echinometridae	Heterocentrotus trigonarius Heterocentrotus trigonarius sea urchin
Gastropoda
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	"Turbo setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus "Turbo setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus Gmelin 1791 snail
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora verrucosa Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora tenuis, Acropora humilis, Acropora digitifera, "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora robusta Acropora tenuis Dana 1846 stony coral Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 stony coral "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral Acropora robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Platygyra daedalea, Cyphastrea sp., Cyphastrea microphthalma, Echinopora gemmacea, Leptoria phrygia, Goniastrea retiformis, Goniastrea pectinata, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites cf. lutea Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea sp. Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Hydrozoa
Milleporina -	Millepora platyphylla Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834 fire coral