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 after 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 97438: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
"Lithothamnium asperulum" = Lithothamnion, Mesophyllum purpurascens, Mesophyllum mesomorphum, Mesophyllum erubescens, Lithoporella melobesioides, Hydrolithon reinboldii, Hydrolithon laeve, Hydrolithon megacystum, "Porolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes, Porolithon gardineri, Lithophyllum kotschyanum, Titanoderma sp., Neogoniolithon fosliei, Neogoniolithon rufum
"Lithothamnium asperulum" = Lithothamnion
Mesophyllum erubescens Foslie 1900
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909
"Porolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cypraea teres" = Talostolida teres, "Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea childreni" = Ipsa childreni, "Cypraea nucleus" = Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus
"Cypraea teres" = Talostolida teres Gmelin 1791 cowry
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea childreni" = Ipsa childreni Gray 1825 cowry
"Cypraea nucleus" = Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Cypraea bulla" = Prionovolva bulla
"Cypraea bulla" = Prionovolva bulla Adams-Reeve 1848 snail | |
Pyrene testudinaria Link 1807 snail | |
Cantharus undosus true whelk | |
Conus balteatus cone shell | |
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus, "Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Diodora "sp. 1" Gray 1821 snail | |
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral | |
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, Acropora sp., Acropora ex gr. humilis, Acropora ex gr. robusta, Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |