Daliconi FLV1.3, Vanua Balevu (Miocene of Fiji)

Where: Fiji (17.2° S, 179.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° S, 179.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daliconi Member (Tokelau Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; rudstone

• intermediate to lower reef slope
• volcanic boulders incorporated into reefal rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Bromfield. 2010. Evolutionary dynamics of Indo-Pacific reef corals throughout the Neogene. 1-269 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124831: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites micropentagona
Favites micropentagona Veron 2000 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora stutchburyi, Goniopora cf. somaliensis, Porites arnaudi, Porites lutea
Goniopora stutchburyi Wells 1955 stony coral
Goniopora cf. somaliensis Vaughan 1907 stony coral
Porites arnaudi Reyes-Bonilla and Carricart-Ganivet 2000 stony coral
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Palauastrea ramosa
Palauastrea ramosa Yabe and Sugiyama 1941 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Isopora "sp. A", Isopora cf. cuneata, Astreopora "sp. A", Astreopora gracilis
Isopora "sp. A" Studer 1878 stony coral
Isopora cf. cuneata Dana 1846 stony coral
Astreopora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora gracilis Bernard 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea versipora
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria stellulata
Turbinaria stellulata Lamarck 1816 stony coral