Maraa, inner ridge, M0007A, M0017A, Tahiti (Pleistocene of French Polynesia)

Also known as Reef 3983

Where: French Polynesia (17.8° S, 149.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: E. Abbey, J. M. Webster, J. C. Braga, K. Sugihara, C. Wallace, Y. Iryu, D. Potts, T. Done, G. Camoin and C. Seard. 2011. Variation in deglacial coralgal assemblages and their paleoenvironmental significance: IODP Expedition 310, "Tahiti Sea Level". Global and Planetary Change 76:1-15 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104933: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Mastophora sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites lichen
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites lichen Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites lichen/rus
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona varians
Pavona varians Verrill 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea cf. transversa
Leptastrea cf. transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp.
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Acropora secale, Montipora sp., Montipora tuberculosa, Montipora cf. venosa
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora secale Studer 1878 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora tuberculosa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Montipora cf. venosa Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp., Mesophyllum funafutiense, Mesophyllum erubescens, Lithothamnion sp., Lithothamnion prolifer, Hydrolithon gardineri, Hydrolithon onkodes, Lithoporella sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Hydrolithon onkodes Heydrich 1897
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909