Ovalau (Holocene of Fiji)

Where: Fiji (17.8° S, 178.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.8° S, 178.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• reef flat facies, microatolls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. D. Nunn. 2000. Significance of emerged Holocene corals around Ovalau and Moturiki islands, Fiji, southwest Pacific. Marine Geology 163:345-351 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97478: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites lobata, Porites lutea
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral