Ribbon Reef 5, outer shelf core, Section 1, R 2 (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3803

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: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 16-25 meters,

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; lithified framestone and packstone

• Reefal, warm, shallow, high energy, reef front
• in-situ 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 80724: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 06.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora exaesa
Millepora exaesa fire coral
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora pistillata
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora robusta, Acropora monticulosa, "Acropora cf. palifera" = Isopora palifera
Acropora robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora monticulosa Brüggemann 1879 stony coral
"Acropora cf. palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812