Also known as Reef 4009
Where: New Caledonia (21.6° S, 167.9° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 167.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• terrace XIII 4-4.5 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
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 90051: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Hydrozoa | |
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Millepora sp. fire coral | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral | |
"Acropora cf. corymbosa" = Acropora lamarcki, "Acropora cf. variabilis" = Acropora valida, "Acropora cf. hispida" = Isopora cuneata
"Acropora cf. corymbosa" = Acropora lamarcki Veron 2000 stony coral
"Acropora cf. variabilis" = Acropora valida Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora cf. hispida" = Isopora cuneata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
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Lobophyllia costata Duncan 1846 stony coral | |
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Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Heliastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Fungia cf. concinna, "Fungia cf. acutidens" = Fungia horrida
Fungia cf. concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral
"Fungia cf. acutidens" = Fungia horrida Dana 1848 stony coral | |
Siderastrea dubiosa n. sp.
Siderastrea dubiosa n. sp. Chevalier 1968 stony coral | |