Orpheus Island (Holocene of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (18.6° S, 146.5° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° S, 146.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• thin reef framework facies, coral rubble facies

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: D. Hopley, A. M. Slocombe, F. Muir and C. Grant. 1983. Nearshore fringing reefs in North Queensland. Coral Reefs 1:151-160 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97321: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Astreopora listeri
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Astreopora listeri Bernard 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona clavus
Pavona clavus Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral