Clermont Nose, loc. AFO, Durants reef terrace (Pleistocene of Barbados)

Also known as Reef 3820

Where: Barbados (13.1° N, 59.7° W: paleocoordinates 13.1° N, 59.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Durants reef terrace, 80 m above sea level, 195 ka

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. M. Pandolfi. 2007. A new, extinct Pleistocene reef coral from the Montastraea "annularis" species complex. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):472-482 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88529: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea nancyi n. sp." = Orbicella nancyi
"Montastrea nancyi n. sp." = Orbicella nancyi Pandolfi 2007 stony coral