Leander Point (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3940

Where: Western Australia, Australia (29.3° S, 114.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 114.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• 128-121 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. J. Greenstein and J. M. Pandolfi. 2008. Escaping the heat: range shifts of reef coral taxa in coastal Western Australia. Global Change Biology 14:513-528 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88594: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. divaricata Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Favites sp.
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral