Daliconi FLV1.2, Vanua Balevu (Miocene of Fiji)
Where: Fiji (17.2° S, 179.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° S, 179.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Daliconi Member (Tokelau Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone and grainstone
• intermediate to lower reef slope
• well preserved corals in framestone, interstitial sediment between coral heads consists of well sorted medium grained calcareous grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. Bromfield. 2010. Evolutionary dynamics of Indo-Pacific reef corals throughout the Neogene. 1-269 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124829: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.02.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Echinopora lamellosa, Cyphastrea "n. sp. A", Cyphastrea spinea n. sp., Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea gemmulifera, "Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Favites "sp. B", Favites spinosa, Goniastrea retiformis
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
Cyphastrea "n. sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea spinea n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921 stony coral
"Favia laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites "sp. B" Link 1807 stony coral
Favites spinosa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Galaxea elegantissima Umbgrove 1946 stony coral | |
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral | |
"Montastrea "sp. A"" = Montastraea
"Montastrea "sp. A"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Stylophora "sp. A" Schweigger 1819 stony coral
Stylophora pocilloporoides Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral | |
Acropora cf. millepora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Alveopora spongiosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Isopora "sp. A" Studer 1878 stony coral
Montipora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Turbinaria "n. sp. A" Oken 1815 stony coral
Turbinaria jacksoni n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral | |
Goniopora "sp. A", Goniopora ciliatus, Goniopora cf. norfolkensis, Goniopora palmensis, Porites lichen, Porites lobata
Goniopora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora ciliatus Veron 2000 stony coral
Goniopora cf. norfolkensis Veron and Pichon 1982 stony coral
Goniopora palmensis Veron and Pichon 1982 stony coral
Porites lichen Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Pavona "sp. A", Pavona venosa, Pachyseris cf. curvata, Leptoseris "n. sp. A", Leptoseris lauensis n. sp.
Pavona "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Pavona venosa Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Pachyseris cf. curvata Martin 1880 stony coral
Leptoseris "n. sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Leptoseris lauensis n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral | |
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral |