Santo Island, Tomebou (Pleistocene of Vanuatu)

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
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral