Ribbon Reef 5, outer shelf core, Section 1, R 4 (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (15.3° S, 145.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• 64-85 metre, age discussion: 365-452 ky

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; grainstone and packstone

• Reefal
• coral framework

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Webster and P. J. Davies. 2003. Coral variation in two deep drill cores: significance for the Pleistocene development of the Great Barrier Reef. Sedimentary Geology 159(1-2):61-80 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80738: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 06.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lichen, Porites lobata, Porites lutea, Porites australiensis
Porites lichen Dana 1846 stony coral
questionable assignment
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Porites australiensis Vaughan 1918 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora robusta, Montipora sp., "Acropora cf. palifera" = Isopora palifera
Acropora robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Acropora cf. palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Leptoria phrygia
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral