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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Mareastraea grandiflora Chevalier 1968 stony coral |