Tenia 3 core (Pleistocene to of New Caledonia)

Where: New Caledonia (22.0° S, 165.9° E: paleocoordinates 22.0° S, 165.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• units 7-9 (depth 47.60-10.35 mbct), age dating from samples from units 8 and 9, MIS 9 and 5

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• barrier reef, units 7 and 8: moderate to lower-water energy, reef-flat environment, unit 9: protected reef-flat
• coralgal framework in units 7-9; units 7 and 8: stacked poritid-rich framework, unit 9: arborescent acroporids

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: L. F. Montaggioni, G. Cabioch, N. Thouveny, N. Frank, T. Sato and A. M. Semah. 2011. Revisiting the Quaternary development history of the western New Caledonian shelf system: from ramp to barrier reef. Marine Geology 280:57-75 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 109502: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia cf. costata
Lobophyllia cf. costata Duncan 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora ex gr. aspera, Acropora ex gr. selago
Acropora ex gr. aspera Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. selago Studer 1878 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria phrygia, Favites sp., Favites cf. abdita, Platygyra daedalea, Cyphastrea sp., "Favia cf. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites cf. abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favia cf. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp., Porites ex gr. lutea, Porites ex gr. lobata, Porites ex gr. australiensis
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites ex gr. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Porites ex gr. lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites ex gr. australiensis Vaughan 1918 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea cf. purpurea
Leptastrea cf. purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulina sp., Sphaerogypsina globula
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp., "Textularia cf. agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
"Textularia cf. agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica Guembel 1862
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Sorites cf. marginalis, Marginopora cf. vertebralis
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Alveolinella quoyi
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp., Quinqueloculina sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
Calcarina hispida, Calcarina mayori, Baculogypsina spherulata
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Pararotalia calcar
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Operculinella (Nummulites) cf. cumingii, Operculina cf. granulosa, Heterostegina cf. depressa
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Carpenteria sp., Homotrema cf. rubrum, Rupertia sp.
Rupertia sp. Wallich 1877
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina radiata, Amphistegina lessonii
Amphistegina lessonii d'Orbigny 1826
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum cf. moluccense, Lithophyllum sp., Neogoniolithon cf. fosliei, Amphiroa sp., Lithoporella melobesiodes, Hydrolithon reinboldii, Hydrolithon onkodes, Mesophyllum sp.
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930