Pointe-aux-Sables, S3, foliaceous coral facies (Holocene of Mauritius)

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

• middle part of a backreef, water depth < 10 m
• foliaceous coral facies; silty to muddy, fine sand matrix

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
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora foliosa Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites nigrescens Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona divaricata stony coral
Pavona decussata Dana 1846 stony coral
Pavona cactus Forskal 1775 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Tripneustes sp. Agassiz 1841 sea urchin