Where: Seychelles (4.7° S, 55.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 55.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: C. J. R. Braithwaite, L. F. Montaggioni, G. F. Camoin, H. Dalmasso, W. C. Dullo and A. Mangini. 2000. Origins and development of Holocene coral reefs: a revisited model based on reef boreholes in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. International Journal of Earth Sciences 89:431-445 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96926: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Jania sp., Amphiroa sp., Hydrolithon onkodes, Lithoporella sp., Peyssonnelia sp., Titanoderma sp., Lithophyllum sp., Lithophyllum kaiseri
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837 | |
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930 | |
Foraminifera | |
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846 | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Miliolina sp. Delage and Hérouard 1896 | |
Foraminifera | |
Cribroelphidium sp. Cushman and Bronnimann 1948
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Globothalamea | |
Tretomphalus sp. Mobius 1880 | |
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808 | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora sp. fire coral | |
Anthozoa | |
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral | |
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Echinopora sp., Platygyra daedalea, Leptoria phrygia, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea retiformis
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail | |
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Erato sulcifera" = Lachryma sulcifera
"Erato sulcifera" = Lachryma sulcifera Sowerby 1832 snail | |
Pyrene varians true whelk | |
Scissurella sp. d'Orbigny 1824 snail | |
Scutus unguis Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Turbo cf. chrysostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus
"Turbo cf. chrysostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Stomatella sp. Lamarck 1816 top snail | |
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Truncatulina | |
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata Brady 1884 |