Where: Guam (13.2° N, 144.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 144.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Merizo Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• age after Kayanne 1993
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. G. Siegrist and R. H. Randall. 1985. Community structure and petrography of an emergent Holocene reef limestone on Guam. Proceedings of the 5th International Coral Reef Congress 6:563-568 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97445: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
"Montastrea verrucosa" = Montastraea
"Montastrea verrucosa" = Montastraea stony coral | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Goniastrea edwardsi, Goniastrea retiformis, Favites abdita, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Platygyra pini, Platygyra daedalea, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Oulophyllia sp., Leptoria phrygia
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Psammocora sp. Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Pocillopora setchelli, Pocillopora sp., Pocillopora eydouxi, Pocillopora damicornis, Stylophora mordax
Pocillopora setchelli stony coral
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Stylophora mordax Dana 1846 stony coral | |
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, Acropora sp., Acropora humilis, "Acropora irregularis" = Acropora abrotanoides, "Acropora formosa" = Acropora muricata, Acropora monticulosa, "Acropora surculosa" = Acropora hyacinthus, Montipora sp., Astreopora sp.
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora irregularis" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Acropora formosa" = Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Acropora monticulosa Brüggemann 1879 stony coral
"Acropora surculosa" = Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral |