Also known as Reef 3974
Where: New Caledonia (20.9° S, 167.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• 189-174 ka (Th/U)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. F. Marshall and J. Launay. 1978. Uplift rates of the Loyalty Islands as determined by 230Th/234U dating of raised coral terraces. Quaternary Research 9:186-192 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89423: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral |