Henderson Island, outer atoll rim: Middle Pleistocene, Pitcairn
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo argyrostomus
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella flexuosa
Quoy 1834
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Pocillopora sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Pocillopora eydouxi
Edwards and Haime 1860
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora sp.
Oken 1815
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Montipora ? aequituberculata
Bernard 1897
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Fungia scutaria
Lamarck 1801
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Lobophylliidae
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Lobophyllia corymbosa
(Forskal 1775)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Leptoria phrygia
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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Montastrea curta
(Dana 1846)
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| original and current combination Astrea curta | |||||||
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Favia rotumana
(Gardiner 1899)
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| recombined as Dipsastraea rotumana | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Pitcairn |
| Coordinates: | 24.4° South, 128.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.4° South, 128.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: unit 2-3: 340-300 ky, unit 4: 285-275 ky (Pandolfi 1995) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: outer atoll rim with spur and groove structures, buttresses may be erosional remnants of this spur and groove system | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3906 | ||
| Database number: | 85104 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-11-27 06:22:04 | Last modified: | 2009-01-08 15:51:34 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28601. | T. Spencer and G. Paulay. 1989. Geology and geomorphology of Henderson Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 323:1-50 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 28602 | J. M. Pandolfi. 1995. Geomorphology of the uplifted Pleistocene atoll at Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56:63-77 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |