Where: Guangdong, China (20.2° N, 109.9° E: paleocoordinates 20.2° N, 109.9° E)
• 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; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. Yu, D. Liu, C. Shen, J. Zhao, T. Chen, J. Zhong, H. Zhao and C. Song. 2002. High-frequency climatic oscillations recorded in a Holocene coral reef at Leizhou Peninsula, South China Sea. Science in China D 45(12):1057-1067 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97527: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Tympanotomus cingulatus" = Cerithium (Tympanotonus)
"Tympanotomus cingulatus" = Cerithium (Tympanotonus) cerith snail | |
"Haliotis ovina" = Haliotis (Padollus) ovina
"Haliotis ovina" = Haliotis (Padollus) ovina Gmelin 1791 abalone | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Ostrea rivularis, Ostrea denselamellosa, Ostrea mordax, Ostrea christagalli, "Ostrea crenulifera" = Dendostrea crenulifera
Ostrea rivularis oyster
Ostrea denselamellosa oyster
Ostrea mordax oyster
Ostrea christagalli oyster
"Ostrea crenulifera" = Dendostrea crenulifera Sowerby 1873 oyster | |
"Arca (Barbatia) fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
"Arca (Barbatia) fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam | |
Mactra chinensis clam | |
Isocardia sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Anomalocardia flexuosa venus clam | |
Tellina diphana tellin clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral |