Henderson Island, outer atoll rim (Pleistocene of Pitcairn)

Also known as Reef 3906

Where: Pitcairn (24.4° S, 128.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 128.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• unit 2-3: 340-300 ky, unit 4: 285-275 ky (Pandolfi 1995)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• outer atoll rim with spur and groove structures, buttresses may be erosional remnants of this spur and groove system

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Spencer and G. Paulay. 1989. Geology and geomorphology of Henderson Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 323:1-50 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85104: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora ? aequituberculata Bernard 1897 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia scutaria Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, "Favia rotumana" = Dipsastraea rotumana, Leptoria phrygia
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia rotumana" = Dipsastraea rotumana Gardiner 1899 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella flexuosa Quoy 1834 limpet