MP64 (Pleistocene of Vanuatu)

Where: Efaté, Vanuatu (17.6° S, 168.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.6° S, 168.3° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: H. Mewis. 2011. Field work Vanuatu. [W. Kiessling/H. Mewis/H. Mewis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109173: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Heike Mewis on 12.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Alveopora sp., Alveopora spongiosa
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Alveopora spongiosa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Seriatopora sp., Stylophora pistillata
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp., Porites sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp.
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp., Platygyra sp., Cyphastrea sp., Leptoria phrygia, Goniastrea sp.
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet., Favia sp.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp.
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral