Barrier Reef from Gallows Point to Nicholas Cay (Holocene of Belize)

Where: Belize (16.9° N, 88.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Holocene thickness from 4.8 m to >21 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• 3 facies: coral facies, well-cemented coral grainstone-rudstone facies, unconsolidated sand and rubble facies

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: E. Gischler and J. H. Hudson. 2004. Holocene development of the Belize Barrier Reef. Sedimentary Geology 164:223-236 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97612: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.08.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Echinometra viridis
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp.
Millepora sp. fire coral
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sp.
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp.
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites astreoides
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp., Agaricia tenuifolia
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Agaricia tenuifolia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis, Acropora palmata
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema rubrum, Carpenteria sp.
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812