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Tasmaloum Reef, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Lat/Long (Decimal)-15.6167,166.9
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Tasmaloum ReefCabioch G., Taylor F. W., et al (1998)upper unit < 10 ka"reef rocks"0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Tasmaloum ReefCabioch G., Taylor F. W., et al (1998)lower unit: 24-15 ka, middle unit: 15-10 ka"reef rocks"0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Acropora sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Acropora0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Acropora abrotanoides
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Acropora : Acropora abrotanoides0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Acropora cytherea
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Acropora : Acropora cytherea0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Acropora hyacinthus
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Acropora : Acropora hyacinthus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Montipora digitata
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Montipora : Montipora digitata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pachyseris rugosa
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Pachyseris : Pachyseris rugosa0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Diploastrea heliopora
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastraeidae : Diploastrea : Diploastrea heliopora0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Faviidae
family
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Leptastrea sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Leptastrea0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Astrea curta
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Astrea : Astrea curta0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Favites pentagona
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites pentagona0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Goniastrea retiformis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Goniastrea : Goniastrea retiformis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Goniastrea stelligera
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Goniastrea : Goniastrea stelligera0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Galaxea fascicularis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Euphylliidae : Galaxea : Galaxea fascicularis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pocillopora verrucosa
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Pocillopora : Pocillopora verrucosa0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Seriatopora sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Seriatopora0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Stylophora pistillata
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Stylophora : Stylophora pistillata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Porites sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Dendropoma sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vermetidae : Dendropoma0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Dermatolithon sp.
genus
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Dermatolithon0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Hydrolithon onkodes
species
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Hydrolithon : Hydrolithon onkodes0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Neogoniolithon sp.
genus
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Neogoniolithon0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Cabioch G., Taylor F. W., et al (1998) Environmental and tectonic influence on growth and internal structure of a fringing reef at Tasmaloum (SW Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides island arc, SW Pacific), Reefs and Carbonate Platforms in the pacific and Indian Oceans, IAS Special Publication 25, 261-277
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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