Kardiva Channel, SO236-017 sample (Pleistocene of Maldives)
Where: Maldives (4.9° N, 73.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° N, 73.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithology not reported
• cold-water corals
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Reolid, M. Reolid, C. Betzler, S. Lindhorst, M. G. Wiesner and N. Lahajnar. 2017. Upper Pleistocene cold‑water corals from the Inner Sea of the Maldives: taphonomy and environment. 63(8) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 189817: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.11.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Lophelia pertusa Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Desmophyllum sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Enallopsammia rostrata stony coral | |
Polychaeta | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 |