Holetown, Oistins, reef crest (Pleistocene of Barbados)

Also known as Reef 3820

Where: Barbados (13.2° N, 59.6° W: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 59.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Last Interglacial Terrace (= Rendezvous Hill Terrace); ~129 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; rudstone

• reef crest (A. palmata zone of Mesolella)
• A. palmata rudstone, matrix consists of skeletal sand-rich grainstones and rudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Blanchon and A. Eisenhauer. 2001. Multi-stage reef development on Barbados during the Last Interglaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews 20:1093-1112 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88864: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Dendropoma sp.
Dendropoma sp. Moerch 1861 worm shell
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema rubrum