Palau Island, Ngemelis reef, Arborescent Acropora facies (Holocene of Palau)

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
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Acropora intermedia Brook 1891 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral