Also known as Reef 3958
Where: Vanuatu (15.6° S, 167.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° S, 167.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 38-37 ka (Th/U)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Jouannic, F. W. Taylor, A. L. Bloom and M. Bernat. 1980. Late Quaternary uplift history from emerged reef terraces on Santo and Malekula Islands, central New Hebrides island arc. UN ESCAP, CCOP/SOPAC Technical Bulletin 3:91-108 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89168: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral |