Vaingana, Eua Island (Eocene of Tonga)
Also known as Reef 2101
Where: Tonga (21.4° S, 175.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 176.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basin reef; lithified, tuffaceous limestone
• The coral fauna is clearly a thanatocoenose that probably accumulated close to its life habitat. They probably derive from banks or thickets, developed on a muddy or silty bottom. The assemblage indicates water depths greater than 200 m.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1976. Eocene corals from Eua, Tonga. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 640(G):1-13 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70950: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.04.2007