MA 97, Padawa, Maré Island (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)

Also known as Reef 4009

Where: New Caledonia (21.5° S, 167.9° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 167.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• terrace XIII 3-4 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

• limestone with corals and Lithothamnium

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 90050: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia -
"Pavona (Polyastra) planulata" = Gardineroseris planulata
"Pavona (Polyastra) planulata" = Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
"Favites virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra mareensis n. sp. Chevalier 1968 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea cf. pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria cf. crater Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
"Leptastrea ehrenbergana" = Leptastrea purpurea
"Leptastrea ehrenbergana" = Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral