Toliara, TU S1, S2 cores (Pleistocene of Madagascar)

Also known as Reef 3966

Where: Madagascar (23.4° S, 43.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 43.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 124-118 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• weathered brownish limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: G. F. Camoin, L. F. Montaggioni, and C. J. R. Braithwaite. 2004. Late glacial to post glacial sea levels in the western Indian Ocean. Marine Geology 206:119-146 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89248: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora pistillata, Pocillopora damicornis
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral