Wai-Ruku FLV3.0, Vanua Balevu (Miocene of Fiji)
Where: Fiji (17.3° S, 179.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° S, 179.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Futuna Member (Tokelau Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; packstone
• intermediate to lower reef slope
• moderately well sorted pebble conglomerate with glassy volcanic clasts and limestone rubble 1–2 cm in diameter, in a moderately well sorted, matrix-supported packstone with minor iron staining
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. Bromfield. 2010. Evolutionary dynamics of Indo-Pacific reef corals throughout the Neogene. 1-269 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124835: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.02.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
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Leptoria "n. sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptoria hayae Bromfield 2013 stony coral | |
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Pachyseris cf. rugosa Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
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Goniopora stutchburyi Wells 1955 stony coral
Porites "sp. F" Link 1807 stony coral | |