MP2: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Vanuatu

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815
1 specimen
Galaxea astreata (Lamarck 1816)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
20 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
7 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834
3 specimens
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis and Solander 1786)
3 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Vanuatu State/province:Efaté
Coordinates: 17.6° South, 168.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.6° South, 168.2° East
Altitude:155 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:76.242 ± 7.0870 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Glacial or sequence phase:interglacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:109174
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:H. Mewis
Created:2011-05-12 19:27:38 Last modified:2011-05-12 05:27:38
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-05-12 19:27:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36103. H. Mewis. 2011. Field work Vanuatu. [W. Kiessling/H. Mewis/H. Mewis]