Panglao Island, MIS 7 (Pleistocene of Philippines)

Also known as Reef 3947

Where: Bohol, Philippines (9.6° N, 123.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 123.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• 237-263 ka (Th/U age), MIS 7 and older

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Omura, Y. Maeda, T. Kawana, F. P. Siringan, and R. D. Berdin. 2004. U-series dates of Pleistocene corals and their implications to the paleo-sea levels and the vertical displacement in the central Philippines. Quaternary International 115-116:3-13 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88868: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral