Also known as Reef 3957
Where: Vanuatu (13.4° S, 166.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° S, 166.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• terraces at 55 and 76 m asl, 80 and 112-103 ka (Th/U)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. W. Taylor, C. Jouannic, and A. L. Bloom. 1985. Quaternary uplift of the Torres Islands, northern New Hebrides frontal arc: comparison with Santo and Malekula Islands, central New Hebrides frontal arc. Journal of Geology 93:419-438 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89167: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea retiformis
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |