Reef at 110-115 m bpsl (Pleistocene of Mayotte)

Also known as Reef 3967

Where: Mayotte (12.8° S, 45.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° S, 45.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• 18.2-16.9 ka

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

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 89249: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.05.2009, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae