Palau Island, Ngemelis reef, Detritus facies (Holocene of Palau)

Where: Palau (7.4° N, 134.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 134.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; reef rocks

• Lower unit of shallow lagoon section (restricted to the core PL-II) 7280-2280 cal. years BP

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: C. Hongo. 2012. Holocene key coral species in the Northwest Pacific: indicators of reef formation and reef ecosystem responses to global climate change and anthropogenic stresses in the near future. Quaternary Science Reviews 35:82-99 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 165216: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Montipora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp.
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral