Also known as Reef 3236
Where: Papua New Guinea (6.3° S, 147.7° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 147.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Nine intervals of reef terraces between 125 and 30 ka
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Only "typical" coral taxa are indicated
Primary reference: J. M. Pandolfi. 1996. Limited membership in Pleistocene reef coral assemblages from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea: constancy during global change. Paleobiology 22(2):152-176 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34477: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 02.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
"Favia matthaii" = Dipsastraea matthaii
"Favia matthaii" = Dipsastraea matthaii Vaughan 1918 stony coral | |
"Diaseris sp." = Cycloseris
"Diaseris sp." = Cycloseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral |