Midway Atoll, first level, Pacific: Aquitanian - Burdigalian, United States Minor Outlying Islands
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Plesiastrea cf. curta
(Dana 1846)
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Favites cf. chinensis
(Verrill 1866)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Favia sp.
Oken 1815
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Favia informal sp.
Oken 1815
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Seriatopora cf. hystrix
Dana 1846
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora sp.
Oken 1815
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Geography
| Country: | United States Minor Outlying Islands |
| Coordinates: | 28.2° North, 177.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.3° North, 163.9° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Aquitanian - Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Aquitanian - Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03 - 15.98 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Poorly resolved |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 713 | ||
| Database number: | 22976 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-07-05 08:01:56 | Last modified: | 2020-05-14 23:26:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-05 08:01:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6616. | R.W. Grigg. 1988. Paleoceanography of coral reefs in the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain. Science 240:1737-1743 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |