Ribbon Reef 5, outer shelf core, Section 1, R 6 (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3803

Where: Queensland, Australia (15.3° S, 145.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° S, 145.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• 94-96 metre, age discussion: 365-452 ky

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Reefal, warm, shallow, high energy, reef front

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Webster and P. J. Davies. 2003. Coral variation in two deep drill cores: significance for the Pleistocene development of the Great Barrier Reef. Sedimentary Geology 159(1-2):61-80 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80795: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 09.05.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. cylindrica
Porites cf. cylindrica Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora humilis
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea versipora
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral