Also known as Reef 3979
Where: New Caledonia (22.6° S, 167.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.6° S, 167.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• ~120 ka
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Primary reference: J. Launay. 1985. Paleoniveaux marins et neotectonique a l'Ile des Pins (Nouvelle-Caledonie) [Marine paleolevels and neotectonics at Ile des Pins (New Caledonia)]. Geologie de la France 1:77-81 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89436: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Platygyra stricta, "Favia ex gr. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Platygyra stricta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral | |
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Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |