Also known as Reef 769
Where: United States Minor Outlying Islands (28.2° N, 177.4° W: paleocoordinates 25.0° N, 171.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Poorly resolved
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk
Primary reference: R.W. Grigg. 1988. Paleoceanography of coral reefs in the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain. Science 240:1737-1743 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22977: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
Stylophora sp., Stylophora gemmans, Stylophora pistillata, "Pocillopora cf. hemprichi" = Pocillopora verrucosa
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
Stylophora gemmans Gerth 1923 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
"Pocillopora cf. hemprichi" = Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral listed as P. cf. hempriche
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Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
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Galaxea cf. haligena Felix 1913 stony coral | |
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Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |