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
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 | |
Stylocoeniella sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
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 |