Where: Palau (7.4° N, 134.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 134.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Lower unit of reef crest and lagoon (restricted to the core PL-I and PL-III)
•8180-7120 cal. years BP
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: C. Hongo. 2012. Holocene key coral species in the Northwest Pacific: indicators of reef formation and reef ecosystem responses to global climate change and anthropogenic stresses in the near future. Quaternary Science Reviews 35:82-99 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 165214: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Acropora intermedia Brook 1891 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral |