Currimao (Holocene of Philippines)

Where: Ilocos Norte, Philippines (18.0° N, 120.5° E: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 120.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef crest and back-reef
• robust branching coral facies, domal/Heliopora facies, unconsolidated bioclastic packstones and coral rubble

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: C. C. Shen, F. P. Siringan, K. Lin, C. F. Dai, and S. Y. Gong. 2010. Sea-level rise and coral-reef development of northwestern Luzon since 9.9 ka. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 292:465-473 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97518: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites abdita
Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites lobata
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites lobata or lutea
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Acropora digitifera, Acropora robusta
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora eydouxi
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
 Helioporacea -
Heliopora sp., Heliopora coerulea
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
Calcarina sp.