Ambergris Cay, patch reefs (Pleistocene of Belize)

Also known as Reef 3943

Where: Belize (18.0° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 87.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ambergris Cay Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• OIS 5e, Sangamon

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; packstone and grainstone

• scattered patch reefs on the outer shelf, max. thickness 0.5 m
• gravelly packstone and grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. J. Mazzullo. 2006. Late Pliocene to Holocene platform evolution in northern Belize, and comparison with coeval deposits in southern Belize and the Bahamas. Sedimentology 53:1015-1047 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88825: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Apolymetis sp. Salisbury 1929 tellin clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
rare
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral
rare
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral