Also known as Reef 3956
Where: Vanuatu (13.3° S, 166.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° S, 166.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• 180 and 137 ka (Th/U)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. W. Taylor, C. Jouannic, and A. L. Bloom. 1985. Quaternary uplift of the Torres Islands, northern New Hebrides frontal arc: comparison with Santo and Malekula Islands, central New Hebrides frontal arc. Journal of Geology 93:419-438 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89165: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Plesiastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Cyphastrea serailia
"Plesiastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral |