Where: Mauritius (20.2° S, 57.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 57.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Holocene sequence is max. 19.3 m thick
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: L. F. Montaggioni and G. Faure. 1997. Response of reef coral communities to sea-level rise: a Holocene model from Mauritius (western Indian Ocean). Sedimentology 44:1053-1070 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96889: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.07.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Heterocentrotus trigonarius sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turbo setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus
"Turbo setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834 fire coral | |
Anthozoa | |
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Acropora humilis, Acropora robusta, Acropora tenuis, "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora digitifera
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora tenuis Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Leptoria phrygia, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea pectinata, Echinopora gemmacea, Platygyra daedalea, Cyphastrea sp., Cyphastrea microphthalma
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral |