Where: Morobe, Papua New Guinea (6.2° S, 147.7° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 147.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• samples before mass-mortality event dated as ca. 8500 cal. YBP

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Pandolfi, A. W. Tudhope, G. Burr, J. Chappell, E. Edinger, M. Frey, R. Steneck, C. Sharma, A. Yeates, M. Jennions, H. Lescinsky and A. Newton. 2006. Mass mortality following disturbance in Holocene coral reefs from Papua New Guinea. Geology 34(11):949-952 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97437: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.07.2010

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