West coast of Barbados (Holocene of Barbados)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithology not reported

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: W. Martindale. 1992. Calcified epibionts as palaeoecological tools: examples from the Recent and Pleistocene reefs of Barbados. Coral Reefs (11)167-177 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 148711: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 25.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Pseudovermilia fuscostriata, Pseudovermilia occidentalis, Pseudovermilia multispinosa, Spirobranchus giganteus, Filograna sp., Serpula lobiancoi
Filograna sp. Oken 1815
 Serpulimorpha -
Hydroides sp., Sclerostyla sp., Vermiliopsis annulata
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp.
Millepora sp. fire coral
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia fragrum
Favia fragrum stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia solitaria
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis sp.
Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites
Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral