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: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
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 97470: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
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Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Leptoria phrygia
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Serpulorbis annulatus worm shell
Dendropoma maximus worm shell | |
| Florideophyceae | |
| Foraminifera | |