Lifou (Pleistocene of New Caledonia)

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

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral