Abrolhos (Holocene of Brazil)

Where: Bahia, Brazil (18.0° S, 38.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.0° S, 38.7° W)

• 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; limestone

• M. harttii is the major reef component in the lower parts of the reef; M. braziliensis appears in the uppermost core unit (younger than 4000 yBP)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: Z. M. A. Leao and R. K. P. Kikuchi. 2005. A relic coral fauna threatened by global changes and human activities, eastern Brazil. Marine Pollution Bulletin 51:599-611 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97665: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussismilia braziliensis, Mussismilia harttii
Mussismilia braziliensis Verrill 1867 stony coral
Mussismilia harttii Verrill 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp.
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp.
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp.
Millepora sp. fire coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816