VLA2-D, Vlaming Head, Cape Range (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3937

Where: Western Australia, Australia (21.8° S, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° S, 114.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• 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 103070: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
? Porites sp., Porites sp.
? Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Acropora millepora
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora millepora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp., Goniastrea australensis, Goniastrea favulus, Hydnophora sp., Favites sp.
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Goniastrea favulus Dana 1846 stony coral
Hydnophora sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
? Favia sp.
? Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral