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 | |
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora sp. fire coral | |
Anthozoa | |
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral |