Buck Island Bar, BB 1 (Holocene of Virgin Islands, U.S.)

Where: Virgin Islands, U.S. (17.8° N, 64.6° W)

• 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

• 10.4 m thick Holocene reef sequence in water depths from -4.88 m to -15.28 m, composed mostly of A. palmata separated by sand intervalls

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: D. K. Hubbard, H. Zankl, I. Heerden and I. P. Gill. 2005. Holocene reef development along the northeastern St. Croix shelf, Buck Island, US Virgin Islands. Journal of Sedimentary Research 75(1):97-113 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97653: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp.
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata
"Montastrea faveolata" = Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema rubrum