Aga Point, landward facies (Holocene of Guam)

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

• high-diversity, Porites-Heliopora-Stylophora-Montipora-Platygyra-rich, low-energy, landward facies

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
 Helioporacea -
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acanthastrea echinata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea verrucosa" = Montastraea
"Montastrea verrucosa" = Montastraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
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
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
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
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"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
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral