RI1-A, 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 103064: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora millepora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral