Where: Mauritius (20.2° S, 57.5° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 57.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Holocene sequence is max. 19.3 m thick
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: L. F. Montaggioni and G. Faure. 1997. Response of reef coral communities to sea-level rise: a Holocene model from Mauritius (western Indian Ocean). Sedimentology 44:1053-1070 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96890: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral | |
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Porites nigrescens Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
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Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Montipora sp., Alveopora sp., Acropora cytherea, Acropora hyacinthus, "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora cytherea Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
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Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
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Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |