Second inland cliff, over Flying Fish Cove, 500-600 feet (Oligocene to of Christmas Island)

Where: Christmas Island (10.4° S, 105.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Oligocene to Oligocene (33.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. Andrews in 1897; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. W. Gregory. 1900. The fossil corals of Christmas Island. A monograph of Christmas Island, British Museum (Natural History) 206-225 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45400: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 20.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral