Where: Guadeloupe (16.3° N, 61.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.3° N, 61.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; breccia
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Vernhet, G. Conesa, and P. O. Bruna. 2017. Reworking processes and deposits in coral reefs during (very) high-energy events: Example from a Pleistocene coral formation (125 ka), La Désirade Island, Lesser Antilles. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 189822: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.11.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Orbicella sp. Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail |