Niue Island (Pliocene of Niue)
Where: Niue (19.0° S, 169.9° W: paleocoordinates 20.6° S, 166.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G. Paulay
Primary reference: C. Wallace. 1999. Staghorn Corals of the World: A Revision of the Genus Acropora [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106137: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
Acropora vaughani, Acropora cerealis, Acropora humilis, Acropora muricata, Acropora intermedia, Acropora millepora, Acropora pulchra, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, "Acropora cuneata" = Isopora cuneata
Acropora vaughani Wells 1954 stony coral
Acropora cerealis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Acropora intermedia Brook 1891 stony coral
Acropora millepora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Acropora pulchra Brook 1891 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Acropora cuneata" = Isopora cuneata Dana 1846 stony coral | |