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 209846: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Orbicella pleiades Ellis and Sollandes 1786 stony coral |