Red Bluff, Lake Macleod (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3938

Where: Western Australia, Australia (24.1° S, 113.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• 128-121 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. J. Greenstein and J. M. Pandolfi. 2008. Escaping the heat: range shifts of reef coral taxa in coastal Western Australia. Global Change Biology 14:513-528 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88576: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp.
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora ex gr. divaricata, Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus, Acropora ex gr. muricata, Acropora ex gr. robusta, Acropora ex gr. humilis, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
Acropora ex gr. divaricata Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. muricata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Symphyllia sp., Lobophyllia sp.
Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp., Cyphastrea sp., "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea edwardsi, Hydnophora sp.
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Hydnophora sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. 1", Porites "sp. 2"
Porites "sp. 1" Link 1807 stony coral
massive Porites
Porites "sp. 2" Link 1807 stony coral
stout branching Porites
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora sp.
Psammocora sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona sp., Leptoseris sp.
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral