Also known as Reef 3952
Where: Bermuda (32.3° N, 64.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 64.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Devonshire Member (Rocky Bay Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 125-113 ka, Last Interglacial
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. R. Muhs, K. R. Simmons, and B. Steinke. 2002. Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America. Quaternary Science Reviews 21:1355-1383 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89150: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Oculina sp. Gray 1847 stony coral | |
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral | |
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral |