MA 80, La Roche, Maré Island (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)

Also known as Reef 4010

Where: New Caledonia (21.5° S, 168.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 168.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Pleistocene?

• 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 90063: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Plocoastraea larochensis n. gen. n. sp." = Pavona clavus
"Plocoastraea larochensis n. gen. n. sp." = Pavona clavus Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria phrygia, Platygyra cf. mareensis, Cyphastrea cf. serailia
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
subsp. setchelli
Platygyra cf. mareensis Chevalier 1968 stony coral
Cyphastrea cf. serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral