Tiarei, outer ridge, M0009D, unit IIc, Tahiti (Pleistocene of French Polynesia)

Also known as Reef 3982

Where: French Polynesia (17.5° S, 149.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.5° S, 149.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• older Pleistocene unit IIc, core M0009D-25R (145.82-147.06 mbsl)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• sandy packstone/grainstone with fragments of corals overlying a coral boundstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: G. F. Camoin, Y. Iryu, and D. B. McInroy. 2007. Tiarei outer ridge: Sites M0009, M0021, and M0024-M0026. Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program 310:1-94 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127278: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp.
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp., Acropora sp.
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812