Tenia 3 core (Pleistocene to of New Caledonia)

Where: New Caledonia (22.0° S, 165.9° E: paleocoordinates 22.0° S, 165.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• units 7-9 (depth 47.60-10.35 mbct), age dating from samples from units 8 and 9, MIS 9 and 5

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• barrier reef, units 7 and 8: moderate to lower-water energy, reef-flat environment, unit 9: protected reef-flat
• coralgal framework in units 7-9; units 7 and 8: stacked poritid-rich framework, unit 9: arborescent acroporids

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: L. F. Montaggioni, G. Cabioch, N. Thouveny, N. Frank, T. Sato and A. M. Semah. 2011. Revisiting the Quaternary development history of the western New Caledonian shelf system: from ramp to barrier reef. Marine Geology 280:57-75 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 109502: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp., "Textularia cf. agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
"Textularia cf. agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica Guembel 1862
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia cf. costata Duncan 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora ex gr. selago Studer 1878 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. aspera Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites ex gr. australiensis Vaughan 1918 stony coral
Porites ex gr. lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites ex gr. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites cf. abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favia cf. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea cf. purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral