Boulder reef, inner shelf core, Section 1, R 2 (Pleistocene of Australia)

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

• reefal, shallow, low energy, turbid, inner shelf reef flat
• interbedded with coral framework are thin layers of grainstones/packstones and coral fragments, rhodoliths and mixed disaggregated coral rubble

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
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
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
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral