PBDB Collection

Aga Point, seaward facies (Holocene of Guam)

Where: Guam (13.2° N, 144.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 144.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Merizo Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• age after Kayanne 1993

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• low-diversity, Pocillopora-Acropora-rich, high-energy seaward facies

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. G. Siegrist and R. H. Randall. 1985. Community structure and petrography of an emergent Holocene reef limestone on Guam. Proceedings of the 5th International Coral Reef Congress 6:563-568 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97444: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.07.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Hydrozoa
Milleporina -	Millepora platyphylla Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834 fire coral
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Dipsastraea sp., "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Leptoria phrygia, Oulophyllia sp., "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Hydnophora microconos, Platygyra pini Dipsastraea sp. de Blainville 1830 stony coral "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites sp. Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Acanthastrea echinata Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Montipora sp., Montipora foveolata, Acropora sp., Acropora tenuis, Acropora monticulosa, "Acropora irregularis" = Acropora abrotanoides Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral Montipora foveolata Dana 1846 stony coral Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral Acropora tenuis Dana 1846 stony coral Acropora monticulosa Brüggemann 1879 stony coral "Acropora irregularis" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora setchelli, Pocillopora sp., Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora elegans Pocillopora setchelli stony coral Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea transversa Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral