Mururoa Atoll, stage 2 (Pleistocene of French Polynesia)

Where: French Polynesia (21.9° S, 138.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 138.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• sea level lowstand reef unit
• composed mostly of laminar Montipora caliculata associated with Cyphastrea; unit is 10 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: G. F. Camoin, P. Ebren, A. Eisenhauer, E. Bard, and G. Faure. 2001. A 300000-yr coral reef record of sea level changes, Mururoa atoll (Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 175:325-341 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97469: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Polystrata sp., Peyssonnelia sp., Neogoniolithon sp., Hydrolithon munitum, "Hydrolithon rupestris" = Harveylithon rupestris
Polystrata sp. Pfender 1936
Peyssonnelia sp. Decaisne 1841
Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943
"Hydrolithon rupestris" = Harveylithon rupestris Foslie 1906
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon episoredion, Sporolithon molle
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp., Lithothamnion muelleri, Phymatolithon sp.
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Lithothamnion muelleri Rosanoff 1866
Phymatolithon sp. Foslie 1898
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Rupertia sp., Sporadotrema sp., Carpenteria sp., Homotrema sp.
Rupertia sp. Wallich 1877
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
"Pocillopora ex gr. verrucosa" = Pocillopora verrucosa, "Pocillopora ex gr. meandrina" = Pocillopora verrucosa
"Pocillopora ex gr. verrucosa" = Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Pocillopora ex gr. meandrina" = Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cf. humilis, Montipora caliculata, Alveopora sp.
Acropora cf. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora caliculata Dana 1846 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea sp., "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral