Denglou Jiao, Leizhou Peninsula (Holocene of China)

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

• Goniopora dominated reef framework, 8 layers of reef growth (23-56 cm thick)

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

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
"Haliotis ovina" = Haliotis (Padollus) ovina
"Haliotis ovina" = Haliotis (Padollus) ovina Gmelin 1791 abalone
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Tympanotomus cingulatus" = Cerithium (Tympanotonus)
"Tympanotomus cingulatus" = Cerithium (Tympanotonus) cerith snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Barbatia) fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
"Arca (Barbatia) fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea crenulifera" = Dendostrea crenulifera Sowerby 1873 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina diphana tellin clam