reef crest zone, Mauritian coastal area (Pleistocene of Mauritius)

Also known as Reef 3807

Where: Mauritius (20.3° S, 57.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 120.000 years mentioned but not measured

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• compact reef flats, forereef units are poorly or not exposed because they were generally buried below the backreef deposits of holocene reef tracts, or partly destroyed by mechanical erosion
• reef crest, corals at least 60 % of the framework, internal sediments are coarse to fine sand-sized grainstones or packstones and wackstones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: L. F. Montaggioni. 1982. Pleistocene marine depositional environments from Mauritius island, Indian Ocean. Geobios 15(2):161-179 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81015: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 26.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina radiata, Amphistegina lessonii
Amphistegina lessonii d'Orbigny 1826
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Heterostegina depressa
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
Calcarina calcar
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria monticularis, Carpenteria sp., Miniacina miniacea, Miniacina sp.
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina sp.
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium crispum
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
"Textularia agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica
"Textularia agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica Guembel 1862
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Marginopora vertebralis
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolinella boscii
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp., Quinqueloculina sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion, Lithoporella sp., Porolithon sp., Lithophyllum sp., Archaeolithothamnium sp.
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp.
Millepora sp. fire coral
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
"Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria phrygia, Goniastrea retiformis, Favites abdita
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata -
Cheilostomata sp.
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetidae sp.
Vermetidae sp. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell