Daliconi FLV1.1, Vanua Balevu (Miocene of Fiji)

Where: Fiji (17.2° S, 179.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° S, 179.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daliconi Member (Tokelau Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; bindstone

• intermediate to lower reef slope
• coralgal bindstone in medium-grained sediment with 20-40% siliciclastic component and numerous coral fragments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Bromfield. 2010. Evolutionary dynamics of Indo-Pacific reef corals throughout the Neogene. 1-269 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124828: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.02.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora "sp. B", Acropora "sp. A"
Acropora "sp. B" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. A" Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora "sp. A"
Pocillopora "sp. A" Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris "sp. A", Leptoseris "sp. B"
Leptoseris "sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Leptoseris "sp. B" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. A", Porites "sp. B", Porites cf. baracoaensis
Porites "sp. A" Link 1807 stony coral
Porites "sp. B" Link 1807 stony coral
Porites cf. baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites "sp. B", "Caulastrea "n. sp. A"" = Caulastrea, "Caulastraea cummingae n. sp." = Caulastrea
Favites "sp. B" Link 1807 stony coral
"Caulastrea "n. sp. A"" = Caulastrea Dana 1846 stony coral
"Caulastraea cummingae n. sp." = Caulastrea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria "n. sp. A", Turbinaria jacksoni n. sp.
Turbinaria "n. sp. A" Oken 1815 stony coral
Turbinaria jacksoni n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea "sp. A"
Leptastrea "sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral