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 96892: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Montipora foliosa Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Porites nigrescens Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Pavona divaricata stony coral
Pavona decussata Dana 1846 stony coral
Pavona cactus Forskal 1775 stony coral | |
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail | |
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry | |
Echinoidea | |
Tripneustes sp. Agassiz 1841 sea urchin |