Where: Guam (13.2° N, 144.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 144.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Merizo Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• age after Kayanne 1993
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. G. Siegrist and R. H. Randall. 1985. Community structure and petrography of an emergent Holocene reef limestone on Guam. Proceedings of the 5th International Coral Reef Congress 6:563-568 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97445: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra pini, Favites abdita, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Oulophyllia sp., Leptoria phrygia, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, Goniastrea edwardsi, Goniastrea retiformis, Cyphastrea microphthalma
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Montipora sp., Astreopora sp., Acropora sp., "Acropora formosa" = Acropora muricata, "Acropora surculosa" = Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora monticulosa, "Acropora irregularis" = Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora humilis, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
"Acropora formosa" = Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Acropora surculosa" = Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora monticulosa Brüggemann 1879 stony coral
"Acropora irregularis" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Pocillopora setchelli, Pocillopora sp., Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora eydouxi, Stylophora mordax
Pocillopora setchelli stony coral
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Stylophora mordax Dana 1846 stony coral | |
"Montastrea verrucosa" = Montastraea
"Montastrea verrucosa" = Montastraea stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Psammocora sp. Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral | |