SB1-D, Sandy Bay, Cape Range (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (22.2° S, 113.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.2° S, 113.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. J. Greenstein and J. M. Pandolfi. 2008. Escaping the heat: range shifts of reef coral taxa in coastal Western Australia. Global Change Biology 14:513-528 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103065: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Acropora ex gr. humilis, Acropora ex gr. aspera, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. aspera Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet., Favia sp.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophora sp., Favites sp., ? Goniastrea sp., Goniastrea edwardsi, Platygyra sp.
Hydnophora sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
? Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussidae indet.
Mussidae indet. Ortmann 1890 stony coral