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
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 | |
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |