Where: Maldives (4.3° N, 73.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 73.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• thickness of Holocene sequence: 14.5->22 m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: E. Gischler, J. H. Hudson, and A. Pisera. 2008. Late Quaternary reef growth and sea level in the Maldives (Indian Ocean). Marine Geology 250(1-2):104-113 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96927: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930 | |
Foraminifera | |
Anthozoa | |
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral |