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Tokelau - Futuna, Fiji

FormationTokelau
MemberFutuna
Age:7.25 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
IntervalMessinian
Lithologywackestone, packstone, bafflestone/grainstone
Number of Collections7
Number of Occurrences34

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Namalata FLV2.1FijiTokelau - Futuna
Wai-Ruku FLV3.0FijiTokelau - Futuna

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Montipora sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Montipora7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Pachyseris rugosa
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Pachyseris : Pachyseris rugosa13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Diploastrea heliopora
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastraeidae : Diploastrea : Diploastrea heliopora7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Plesiastrea versipora
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Plesiastreidae : Plesiastrea : Plesiastrea versipora7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Cyphastrea tubifera
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Cyphastrea : Cyphastrea tubifera7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Favites acuticollis
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites acuticollis13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Favites pentagona
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites pentagona7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Hydnophora exesa
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Hydnophora : Hydnophora exesa7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Leptoria sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Leptoria7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Leptoria hayae
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Leptoria : Leptoria hayae13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Acanthastrea hillae
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Mussidae : Acanthastrea : Acanthastrea hillae7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Galaxea astreata
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Oculinidae : Galaxea : Galaxea astreata7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Galaxea elegantissima
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Euphylliidae : Galaxea : Galaxea elegantissima7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Galaxea paucisepta
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Euphylliidae : Galaxea : Galaxea paucisepta7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Alveopora polyacantha
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Alveopora : Alveopora polyacantha7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Goniopora djiboutiensis
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Goniopora : Goniopora djiboutiensis7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Goniopora norfolkensis
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Goniopora : Goniopora norfolkensis13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Goniopora stutchburyi
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Goniopora : Goniopora stutchburyi7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Porites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Porites lichen
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites lichen7.246 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

References

Bromfield K. (2010) , Evolutionary dynamics of Indo-Pacific reef corals throughout the Neogene, 1-269
Bromfield K. (2013) Neogene Corals from the Indo-Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji, Bulletins of American Paleontology 387
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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