Hubegong, Huon Peninsula, terrace 2 (Pleistocene of Papua New Guinea)

Also known as Reef 3236

Where: Papua New Guinea (6.3° S, 147.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 147.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• terrace 2 (=IIIB)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef crest

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Pandolfi. 1996. Limited membership in Pleistocene reef coral assemblages from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea: constancy during global change. Paleobiology 22(2):152-176 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103265: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Symphyllia agaricia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Acropora cuneata" = Isopora cuneata, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora gemmifera
"Acropora cuneata" = Isopora cuneata Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora gemmifera Brook 1892 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Goniastrea aspera" = Coelastrea aspera Verrill 1866 stony coral
"Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites chinensis Verrill 1866 stony coral
"Montastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
[entered as Montastrea valenciennesi]
Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral