MA176, Pédé, Maré Island (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)

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 XV 1.5 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

• reef 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 90058: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
subsp. cactus
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia cf. hululensis" = Dipsastraea pallida, Oulophyllia angustivallis n. sp.
"Favia cf. hululensis" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Oulophyllia angustivallis n. sp. Chevalier 1968 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. cylindrica Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona clavus Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, "Acropora cf. haimei" = Acropora yongei
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Acropora cf. haimei" = Acropora yongei Veron and Wallace 1984 stony coral