Namalata FLV2.2.2, Vanua Balevu (Miocene of Fiji)
Where: Fiji (17.3° S, 179.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° S, 179.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Futuna Member (Tokelau Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; wackestone
• intermediate to lower reef slope
• fine-grained wackestone with < 10% siliciclastic material, but with lenses of glassy volcanic breccia and abundant coralgal clasts
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 124834: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.02.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
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Leptoria "n. sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptoria hayae n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
Favites acuticollis Ortmann 1889 stony coral | |
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Goniopora cf. norfolkensis Veron and Pichon 1982 stony coral | |
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Galaxea astreata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Galaxea elegantissima Umbgrove 1946 stony coral | |