Also known as Reef 3804
Where: Queensland, Australia (15.4° S, 145.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° S, 145.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 11-20 m, age discussion: 210+/-40 ky at the base (86 m), Pleistocene/Holocene boundary at 11 m
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. M. Webster and P. J. Davies. 2003. Coral variation in two deep drill cores: significance for the Pleistocene development of the Great Barrier Reef. Sedimentary Geology 159(1-2):61-80 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80803: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 09.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Goniastrea edwardsi, Goniastrea retiformis, Favites sp., "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral | |
Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral | |
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral |