Where: Vanuatu (15.6° S, 166.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° S, 166.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• upper unit < 10 ka
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: G. Cabioch, F. W. Taylor, J. Recy, R. L. Edwards, S. C. Gray, G. Faure, G. S. Burr and T. Correge. 1998. Environmental and tectonic influence on growth and internal structure of a fringing reef at Tasmaloum (SW Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides island arc, SW Pacific). In G. Camoin, P. J. Davies (eds.), Reefs and Carbonate Platforms in the pacific and Indian Oceans, IAS Special Publication 25:261-277 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97442: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Neogoniolithon fosliei, "Porolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes
"Porolithon onkodes" = Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897 | |
Anthozoa | |
Acropora sp., "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
"Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Pachyseris rugosa Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Favites cf. pentagona, "Favia cf. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Favites cf. pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral
"Favia cf. stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Dendropoma maxima worm shell |