Vanua Levu (Holocene of Fiji)

Where: Fiji (16.8° S, 179.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.8° S, 179.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• corals encrust higher notch floors and benches or occur as microatolls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Miyata, Y. Maeda, E. Matsumoto, Y. Matsushima, P. Rodda, A. Sugimura, and H. Kayanne. 1990. Evidence for a Holocene high sea-level stand, Vanua Levu, Fiji. Quaternary Research 33:352-359 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97477: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylocoeniella sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Hydnophora sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral