MA 170, Winikuyé, Maré Island (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)

Also known as Reef 4009

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

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 90057: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora densata n. sp. Chevalier 1968 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona cf. clavus Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia cf. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
"Favia cf. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral