Rasdhoo Atoll (Holocene of Maldives)

Where: Maldives (4.3° N, 73.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 73.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• thickness of Holocene sequence: 14.5->22 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and sandstone

• robust-branching coral facies, coralline algal facies, domal coral facies, detrital sand and rubble facies

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: E. Gischler, J. H. Hudson, and A. Pisera. 2008. Late Quaternary reef growth and sea level in the Maldives (Indian Ocean). Marine Geology 250(1-2):104-113 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96927: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Acropora ex gr. humilis
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp.
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Hydrolithon cf. onkodes, Neogoniolithon cf. fosliei, Titanoderma sp., Lithophyllum sp.
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria sp.