Cotes de Fer, terrace T3a (Pleistocene of Haiti)

Where: Haiti (19.9° N, 73.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 73.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• MIS 5.5

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Dumas, C. T. Hoang, and C. Raffy. 2006. Record of MIS 5 sea-level highstands based on U/Th dated coral terraces of Haiti. Quaternary International 145/146:106-118 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127205: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral