Also known as Reef 4010
Where: New Caledonia (21.5° S, 168.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.0° S, 167.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• terrace VI 20-25 m above sea level, Pleistocene?
• 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 90062: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Plocoastraea larochensis" = Pavona clavus
"Plocoastraea larochensis" = Pavona clavus Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Leptastrea cf. bottae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
"Favia cf. hululensis" = Dipsastraea pallida, Cyphastrea cf. serailia
"Favia cf. hululensis" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea cf. serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral |