Also known as Reef 3906
Where: Pitcairn (24.4° S, 128.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 128.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• unit 2-3: 340-300 ky, unit 4: 285-275 ky (Pandolfi 1995)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. Spencer and G. Paulay. 1989. Geology and geomorphology of Henderson Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 323:1-50 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 85106: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Plesiastrea cf. versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Acanthastrea ? echinata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Montipora sp., Astreopora moretonensis, Acropora sp., Acropora valida, Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora ex gr. robusta, Acropora cytherea
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora moretonensis Veron and Wallace 1984 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora cytherea Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites cf. mordax Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Pavona "sp. 1" Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Pavona maldivensis Gardiner 1905 stony coral | |
Psammocora ? obtusangula Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
Fungia scutaria Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Scolymia vitiensis Brueggemann 1877 stony coral | |
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, "Favia rotumana" = Dipsastraea rotumana, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Leptoria phrygia
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia rotumana" = Dipsastraea rotumana Gardiner 1899 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
"Montastrea "sp. 1"" = Montastraea
"Montastrea "sp. 1"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral |