Mactan Island (Pleistocene of Philippines)

Also known as Reef 3946

Where: Philippines (10.3° N, 124.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 124.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• coral sample of 142 ka (Th/U age) indicates the presence of a MIS 5e reef terrace

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• limestone sample 5 m above pmsl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Omura, Y. Maeda, T. Kawana, F. P. Siringan, and R. D. Berdin. 2004. U-series dates of Pleistocene corals and their implications to the paleo-sea levels and the vertical displacement in the central Philippines. Quaternary International 115-116:3-13 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88867: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral