Foot of first inland cliff, north coast, 50-60 feet altitude (Pleistocene of Christmas Island)

Where: Christmas Island (10.4° S, 105.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.4° S, 105.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Possibly from last interglacial reef terrace, given elevation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. Andrews in 1897; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. W. Gregory. 1900. The fossil corals of Christmas Island. A monograph of Christmas Island, British Museum (Natural History) 206-225 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209845: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Orbicella pleiades Ellis and Sollandes 1786 stony coral