Funafuti Atoll, 0-26 m (Holocene of Tuvalu)

Where: Tuvalu (8.5° S, 179.2° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° S, 179.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Holocene sequence is 26.4 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

• core from the Coral Reef Expedition of the Royal Society from 1896-1898

Primary reference: S. Ohde, M. Greaves, T. Masuzawa, H. A. Buckley, R. Woesik, P. A. Wilson, P. A. Pirazzoli and H. Elderfield. 2002. The chronology of Funafuti Atoll: revisiting an old friend. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 458:2289-2306 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97449: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp. fire coral
Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral