RI1-D, Fairbridge Bluff, Rottnest Island (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3533

Where: Western Australia, Australia (32.0° S, 115.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.0° S, 115.5° 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 103061: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Goniastrea favulus Dana 1846 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral