Ribbon Reef 5, outer shelf core, Section 1, R 4 (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (15.3° S, 145.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° S, 145.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• 64-85 metre, age discussion: 365-452 ky

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; grainstone and packstone

• Reefal
• coral framework

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Webster and P. J. Davies. 2003. Coral variation in two deep drill cores: significance for the Pleistocene development of the Great Barrier Reef. Sedimentary Geology 159(1-2):61-80 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80738: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 06.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora robusta, "Acropora cf. palifera" = Isopora palifera, Montipora sp.
Acropora robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora cf. palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea serailia, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Leptoria phrygia
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobata, Porites lichen, Porites australiensis, Porites lutea
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites lichen Dana 1846 stony coral
questionable assignment
Porites australiensis Vaughan 1918 stony coral
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral