Where: Queensland, Australia (27.4° S, 153.4° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 153.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; muddy sandstone and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Pickett, C. H. Thompson, R. A. Kelley and D. Roman. 1985. Evidence of high sea level during isotope stage 5c in Queensland, Australia. Quaternary Research 24:103-114 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97666: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Symphyllia cf. recta Dana 1846 stony coral
Symphyllia cf. valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral | |
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Goniastrea australensis, "Goniastrea aspera" = Coelastrea aspera, Favites halicora, Platygyra sp., "Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Hydnophora exesa, Cyphastrea serailia, "Favites bennettae" = Oulophyllia bennettae, Oulophyllia crispa
Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
"Goniastrea aspera" = Coelastrea aspera Verrill 1866 stony coral
Favites halicora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favites bennettae" = Oulophyllia bennettae Veron and Pichon 1977 stony coral
Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Turbinaria radicalis Bernard 1896 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Herpolitha limax Esper 1797 stony coral
Heliofungia actiniformis Quoi and Gaimard 1833 stony coral | |
"Coscinaraea columna" = Psammocora columna
"Coscinaraea columna" = Psammocora columna Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Pavona varians Verrill 1864 stony coral
Pavona decussata Dana 1846 stony coral
Pachyseris rugosa Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
"Acropora cf. cuneata" = Isopora cuneata, Acropora microphthalma, Acropora millepora, Acropora cf. robusta, "Acropora formosa" = Acropora muricata, Acropora valida, Acropora cf. longicyathus, Acropora aspera, Montipora "sp. A", Montipora "sp. B", Astreopora sp.
"Acropora cf. cuneata" = Isopora cuneata Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora microphthalma Verrill 1869 stony coral
Acropora millepora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Acropora cf. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora formosa" = Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Acropora valida Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora cf. longicyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Acropora aspera Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora "sp. B" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora sp. fire coral |