Pamilacan Island, middle terrace (Pleistocene of Philippines)

Where: Bohol, Philippines (9.5° N, 123.9° E: paleocoordinates 9.5° N, 123.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• middle terrace, 6-13 m above present sea level, MIS 5c

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone

• coral framestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. L. Ringor, A. Omura, and Y. Maeda. 2004. Last interglacial sea level changes deduced from coral reef terraces in southwest Bohol, central Philippines. Quaternary Research 43(6):401-416 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127139: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.04.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sinensis, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Goniastrea retiformis
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral