LM3-C, Lake Macleod (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3938

Where: Western Australia, Australia (24.5° S, 113.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° S, 113.5° 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 103045: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea favulus Dana 1846 stony coral
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Trachyphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral