Atol das Rocas (Holocene of Brazil)

Where: Pernambuco, Brazil (3.9° S, 33.8° W: paleocoordinates 3.9° S, 33.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• shallow cores, up to 1 m long (Gherardi and Bosence) and 11.69 m long core (Kikuchi and Leao)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; bindstone and framestone

• framework is dominated by coralline algae 60%, corals 10%, vermetid gastropods 6%, Homotrema 6%

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: R. K. P. Kikuchi and Z. M. A. Leao. 1997. Rocas (southwestern equatorial Atlantic, Brazil): an atoll built primarily by coralline algae. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium (1)731-736 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97706: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussismilia hispida
Mussismilia hispida Verrill 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia gravida
Favia gravida Verrill 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea stellata
Siderastrea stellata Verrill 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia sp.
Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetidae indet., Dendropoma sp.
Vermetidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 worm shell
Dendropoma sp. Moerch 1861 worm shell
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella sp., Porolithon cf. pachydermum, Lithophyllum sp.
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulinidae indet.
Acervulinidae indet. Schultze 1854
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema rubrum