Also known as Reef 3819
Where: Venezuela (11.9° N, 64.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 64.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Blanquilla Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• elevation above sea level 7-10 m, Sangamon
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Primary reference: C. Schubert. 1997. Pleistocene marine terraces of la Blanquilla island, Venezuela, and their diagenesis. Proceedings, Third International Coral Reef Symposium 2:149-154 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83665: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 26.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Solenastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral |