Papeete, Tahiti, robust-branching Acropora facies (Holocene of French Polynesia)

Where: French Polynesia (17.5° S, 149.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.5° S, 149.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• prevailing facies in cores P6-P10, ca. 11-3 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef front or upper forereef zone in high-energy conditions at depths less than 6 m
• robust-branching Acropora-Hydrolithon facies

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: G. Cabioch, G. F. Camoin, and L. F. Montaggioni. 1999. Postglacial growth history of a French Polynesian barrier reef tract, Tahiti, central Pacific. Sedimentology 46:985-1000 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97463: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.08.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Heteroderma caribeum
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema rubrum, Carpenteria cf. monticularis
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulina inhaerens
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp., Mesophyllum cf. prolifer, "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Polystrata dura, Peyssonnelia sp., Titanoderma sp., Lithophyllum sp., Neogoniolithon fosliei, Neogoniolithon sp., Neogoniolithon absimile, Neogoniolithon propinquum, Amphiroa sp., Dermatolithon cf. tesselatum, Lithoporella sp., Lithoporella melobesioides, Hydrolithon sp., Hydrolithon cf. reinboldi, "Hydrolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes, "Porolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Hydrolithon sp. Foslie 1909
"Hydrolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
"Porolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites ex gr. abdita, "Montastrea annuligera" = Astrea annuligera, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Favites ex gr. abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Montastrea annuligera" = Astrea annuligera Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora erythraea, Acropora ex gr. robusta, Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora humilis, Acropora cytherea
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. danai/robusta
Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora cytherea Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora eydouxi
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea curta
Montastraea curta stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. lobata, Porites lobata, Porites australiensis, Porites lutea
Porites cf. lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites australiensis Vaughan 1918 stony coral
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora platyphylla
Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834 fire coral
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Heterocentrotus trigonarius
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis annulatus, Dendropoma maximus
Dendropoma maximus worm shell
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam