Mitiaro (Pleistocene of Cook Islands)

Also known as Reef 3985

Where: Cook Islands (19.8° S, 157.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.8° S, 157.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• upper unit: 128-112 ka (MIS 5e), lower unit: probably MIS 7

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• 2 reef units

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. D. Woodroffe, S. A. Short, D. R. Stoddart, T. Spencer, and R. S. Harmon. 1991. Stratigraphy and chronology of Late Pleistocene reefs in the Southern Cook Islands, south Pacific. Quaternary Research 35:246-263 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89568: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp.
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea sp.
Plesiastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral