Malakula Island, Npenanavet (Pleistocene of Vanuatu)

Also known as Reef 3959

Where: Vanuatu (16.0° S, 167.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° S, 167.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• 66-47 ka (U/Th)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Cabioch and L. K. Ayliffe. 2001. Raised coral terraces at Malakula, Vanuatu, southwest Pacific, indicate high sea level during marine isotope stage 3. Quaternary Research 56:357-365 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89231: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra cf. daedalea, Leptoria phrygia, Favites cf. complanata
Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra cf. daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites cf. complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral