La Desirade (Pleistocene of Guadeloupe)

Where: Guadeloupe (16.3° N, 61.1° W: paleocoordinates 16.3° N, 61.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Feuillet, P. Tapponnier, I. Manighetti, B. Villemant, and G. C. P. King. 2004. Differential uplift and tilt of Pleistocene reef platforms and Quaternary slip rate on the Morne-Piton normal fault (Guadeloupe, French West Indies). Journal of Geophysical Research 109(B02404):1-18 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127210: 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