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)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: H. Kayanne, H. Yamano, and R. H. Randall. 2002. Holocene sea-level changes and barrier reef formation on an oceanic island, Palau Islands, western Pacific. Sedimentary Geology 150:47-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97446: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Anthozoa | |
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral |