Sialum, Huon Peninsula, terrace 8 (Pleistocene of Papua New Guinea)

Also known as Reef 3237

Where: Papua New Guinea (6.1° S, 147.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• terrace 8 (=VI)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• reef crest

Size class: macrofossils

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 103256: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Coeloseris mayeri
Coeloseris mayeri Vaughan 1918 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungiidae indet.
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Acropora cuneata" = Isopora cuneata, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
"Acropora cuneata" = Isopora cuneata Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora pistillata
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Goniastrea retiformis, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Hydnophora microconos, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Leptoria phrygia, "Montastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii, Favites pentagona
"Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Montastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
[entered as Montastrea valenciennesi]
Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral