Ile des Pins (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)

Also known as Reef 3979

Where: New Caledonia (22.7° S, 167.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° S, 167.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• ~180 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Launay. 1985. Paleoniveaux marins et neotectonique a l'Ile des Pins (Nouvelle-Caledonie) [Marine paleolevels and neotectonics at Ile des Pins (New Caledonia)]. Geologie de la France 1:77-81 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89438: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Mareastraea grandiflora Chevalier 1968 stony coral