MA 50, Patho, Maré Island (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)

Also known as Reef 4009

Where: New Caledonia (21.6° S, 168.1° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 168.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• terrace XIII 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 90053: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Acropora cf. scherzeriana" = Acropora gemmifera
"Acropora cf. scherzeriana" = Acropora gemmifera Brook 1892 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favites virens" = Favites abdita, Favites cf. complanata, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, Cyphastrea sp.
"Favites virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites cf. complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral