Grape Bay, patch reefs (Pleistocene of Bermuda)

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

• patch reefs

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
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina sp. Gray 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral