Faaa, Tahiti (Pleistocene of French Polynesia)

Also known as Reef 3984

Where: French Polynesia (17.6° S, 149.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° S, 148.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• unit II (Pleistocene sequence), overlying unit I is 16,000-8,000 years old

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• coralgal frameworks and skeletal limestones including rhodoliths and rubble beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: G. F. Camoin, Y. Iryu, and D. B. McInroy. 2007. Faaa: Sites M0019 and M0020. Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program 310:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89556: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Montipora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp.
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona sp.
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816