Koror Island (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)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• branching Acropora facies, digitate or corymbose Acropora reef crest facies; bioclastic sand and gravel facies and Porites facies in the lagoonward barrier reef and in the patch reef

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: H. Kayanne, H. Yamano, and R. H. Randall. 2002. Holocene sea-level changes and barrier reef formation on an oceanic island, Palau Islands, western Pacific. Sedimentary Geology 150:47-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97446: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Seriatopora sp.
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Acropora humilis, Acropora digitifera, Montipora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp.
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria sp.
Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema sp.
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Heterostegina depressa
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
Calcarina gaudichaudii
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Marginopora sp.