MA 115, Rô, Maré Island (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)

Also known as Reef 4009

Where: New Caledonia (21.4° S, 167.9° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 167.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• terrace XIII 3.8-4 m above sea level, questionable age of the terraces 2-5 m above sea level: 98-90 ka (Th/U) (after Bernat 1976 reported in Marshall and Launay 1978)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• coral limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1968. Les Madreporaires fossiles de Mare [The fossil corals from Mare]. Expedition Francaise sur les recifs coralliens de la Nouvelle Caledonie 3:85-158 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90044: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea purpurea
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra sinensis, Favites abdita, "Heliastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Oulophyllia crispa, Hydnophora microconos, Goniastrea retiformis, Cyphastrea sp.
Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Heliastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp., Acropora sp., Acropora cf. gemmifera, "Acropora cf. variabilis" = Acropora valida, "Acropora cf. plicata" = Isopora cuneata
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora cf. gemmifera Brook 1892 stony coral
"Acropora cf. variabilis" = Acropora valida Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora cf. plicata" = Isopora cuneata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis, Stylophora verrucosa
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Stylophora verrucosa Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona sp.
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. lobata, Porites cf. lutea
Porites cf. lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Mareastraea grandiflora n. gen. n. sp.
Mareastraea grandiflora n. gen. n. sp. Chevalier 1968 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
"Symphyllia nobilis" = Symphyllia recta
"Symphyllia nobilis" = Symphyllia recta Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria sp.
Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral