Maraa, M0005D, subunit P9 (Pleistocene of French Polynesia)

Also known as Reef 3983

Where: Tahiti, French Polynesia (17.8° S, 149.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° S, 149.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• subunit P9 (15.54 m thick) of the 70-m-thick (33.22–101.93 m below

•seafloor [mbsf]; 92.85–161.56 mbsl) older Pleistocene unit (unit II of Camoin 2007), age dating from core 30R (141.98 mbsl)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone and floatstone

• shallow reef environment (<20 m depth) to mid-depth reef environment (20-35 m depth)
• coralgal framestone, coral framestone, coral floatstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Y. Iryu, Y. Takahashi, K. Fujita, G. Camoin, G. Cabioch, H. Matsuda, T. Sato, K. Sugihara, J. M. Webster and H. Westphal. 2010. Sealevel history recorded in the Pleistocene carbonate sequence in IODP Hole 310-M0005D, off Tahiti. Island Arc 19:690-706 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127254: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral