Where: Reunion (21.1° S, 55.2° E: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 55.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Holocene reef sequence is 17.70 m thick, age of the deepest dated coral (13.65 m.b.r.s.l.): 8000+/-300 YBP
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: G. F. Camoin, L. F. Montaggioni, and C. J. R. Braithwaite. 2004. Late glacial to post glacial sea levels in the western Indian Ocean. Marine Geology 206:119-146 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96888: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.07.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Anthozoa | |
Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Acropora pharaonis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Acropora tenuis Dana 1846 stony coral |