LP1-A, Leander Point (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3940

Where: Western Australia, Australia (29.3° S, 114.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 114.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. J. Greenstein and J. M. Pandolfi. 2008. Escaping the heat: range shifts of reef coral taxa in coastal Western Australia. Global Change Biology 14:513-528 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102970: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Acropora ex gr. divaricata, Acropora ex gr. robusta, Acropora ex gr. humilis
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. divaricata Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp.
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral