Mataiva Atoll (Holocene of French Polynesia)

Where: French Polynesia (14.9° S, 148.7° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° S, 148.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and limestone

• coral patches, skeletal gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: P. A. Pirazzoli and L. F. Montaggioni. 1986. Late Holocene sea-level changes in the northwest Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia. Quaternary Research 25:350-368 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97471: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. lobata
Porites cf. lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Sorites sp.