Ribbon Reef, Outer barrier reef (Holocene of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (15.4° S, 145.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° S, 145.8° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; framestone and bindstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Abbey, J. M. Webster, J. C. Braga, G. E. Jacobsen, G. Thorogood, A. L. Thomas, G. Camoin, P. J. Reimer, and D. C. Potts. 2013. Deglacial mesophotic reef demise on the Great Barrier Reef. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 392:473-494 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166487: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.02.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Montipora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
in situ
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
in situ
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
? Goniopora sp., Porites sp.
? Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
only reworked found
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
in situ
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris speciosa, Agaricia indet.
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
only reworked found
Agaricia indet. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
in situ
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea paucisepta
Galaxea paucisepta Claereboudt 1990 stony coral
only reworked found
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
in situ
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea chalcidium
Cyphastrea chalcidium stony coral
in situ