Where: Seychelles (4.7° S, 55.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 55.5° E)
• 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 and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: C. J. R. Braithwaite, L. F. Montaggioni, G. F. Camoin, H. Dalmasso, W. C. Dullo and A. Mangini. 2000. Origins and development of Holocene coral reefs: a revisited model based on reef boreholes in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. International Journal of Earth Sciences 89:431-445 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96926: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Globothalamea | |
Tretomphalus sp. Mobius 1880 | |
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Miliolina sp. Delage and Hérouard 1896 | |
Foraminifera | |
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862 | |
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846 | |
Cribroelphidium sp. Cushman and Bronnimann 1948
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Lithophyllum sp., Lithophyllum kaiseri, Titanoderma sp., Peyssonnelia sp., Lithoporella sp., Hydrolithon onkodes, Jania sp., Amphiroa sp.
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812 | |
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930 | |
Gastropoda | |
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail | |
Pyrene varians snail | |
"Erato sulcifera" = Lachryma sulcifera
"Erato sulcifera" = Lachryma sulcifera Sowerby 1832 snail | |
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Scissurella sp. d'Orbigny 1824 snail | |
Scutus unguis Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Turbo cf. chrysostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus
"Turbo cf. chrysostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Stomatella sp. Lamarck 1816 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark | |
Anthozoa | |
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral | |
Leptoria phrygia, Echinopora sp., Platygyra daedalea, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora sp. fire coral | |
Truncatulina | |
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata
"Anomalinella rostrata" = Truncatulina rostrata Brady 1884 |