Lighthouse Reef (Holocene of Belize)
Where: Belize (17.2° N, 87.5° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 87.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• 7.9 m thick
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and grainstone
• coral boundstone, grain/rudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: E. Gischler and J. H. Hudson. 1998. Holocene development of three isolated carbonate platforms, Belize, central America. Marine Geology 144:333-347 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97708: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.08.2010