Mururoa Atoll: Holocene, French Polynesia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Chevaliericrusta cf. polynesiae
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Dendropoma maximus
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Serpulorbis annulatus
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Pocillopora verrucosa
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora hyacinthus
(Dana 1846)
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Acropora humilis
(Dana 1846)
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Acropora ex gr. robusta
(Dana 1846)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Goniastrea pectinata
(Ehrenberg 1834)
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Goniastrea retiformis
(Lamarck 1816)
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Favia stelligera
(Dana 1846)
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Leptoria phrygia
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Corallinaceae
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Porolithon sp.
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum sp.
Philippi 1837
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Hydrolithaceae
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Hydrolithon onkodes
(Heydrich 1897)
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Homotrematidae
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Rupertia sp.
Wallich 1877
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Sporadotrema sp.
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Miniacina miniacea
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Carpenteria sp.
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Homotrema rubrum
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Geography
| Country: | French Polynesia |
| Coordinates: | 21.9° South, 138.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.9° South, 138.9° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 9 ± 0.25 to 8.3 ± 0.21 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: robust-branching Acropora facies; unit is 9 m thick | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: sea level highstand reef unit; high-energy reef front or upper forereef slope | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 97470 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-08-02 05:40:28 | Last modified: | 2010-08-02 08:40:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-08-02 05:40:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33243. | 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] |