PBDB Collection

Daliconi FLV1.2, 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; framestone and grainstone

• intermediate to lower reef slope

• well preserved corals in framestone, interstitial sediment between coral heads consists of well sorted medium grained calcareous grainstone

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 124829: 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 - Merulinidae	"Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, Cyphastrea "n. sp. A", Cyphastrea spinea n. sp., Cyphastrea gemmulifera, Cyphastrea serailia, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Goniastrea retiformis, Echinopora lamellosa, Favites "sp. B", Favites spinosa "Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral Cyphastrea "n. sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Cyphastrea spinea n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921 stony coral Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral Favites "sp. B" Link 1807 stony coral Favites spinosa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pavona "sp. A", Pavona venosa, Leptoseris "n. sp. A", Leptoseris lauensis n. sp., Pachyseris cf. curvata Pavona "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 stony coral Pavona venosa Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral Leptoseris "n. sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Leptoseris lauensis n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral Pachyseris cf. curvata Martin 1880 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Goniopora "sp. A", Goniopora ciliatus, Goniopora cf. norfolkensis, Goniopora palmensis, Porites lichen, Porites lobata Goniopora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral Goniopora ciliatus Veron 2000 stony coral Goniopora cf. norfolkensis Veron and Pichon 1982 stony coral Goniopora palmensis Veron and Pichon 1982 stony coral Porites lichen Dana 1846 stony coral Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Montipora "sp. A", Alveopora spongiosa, Acropora cf. millepora, Isopora "sp. A" Montipora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral Alveopora spongiosa Dana 1846 stony coral Acropora cf. millepora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral Isopora "sp. A" Studer 1878 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora "sp. A", Stylophora pistillata, Stylophora pocilloporoides Stylophora "sp. A" Schweigger 1819 stony coral Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral Stylophora pocilloporoides Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	"Montastrea "sp. A"" = Montastraea "Montastrea "sp. A"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae	Plesiastrea versipora Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 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 - Euphylliidae	Galaxea elegantissima Galaxea elegantissima Umbgrove 1946 stony coral
Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae	Diploastrea heliopora Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea purpurea, Leptastrea transversa Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral